Robert Cavendish Spencer | |
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 Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer | |
| Born | 24 October 1791 England |
| Died | 4 November 1830 (aged 39) Off Alexandria, Egypt |
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| Relatives | John Spencer (brother) Frederick Spencer (brother) George Spencer (brother) Sarah Lyttelton (sister) |
| Military career | |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Unit | HMS Tigre HMS Malta HMS Espoir HMS Carron |
| Commands | HMS Pelorus HMS Kite HMS Cydnus HMS Ganymede HMS Owen Glendower HMS Naiad HMS Madagascar |
Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer KCH (24 October 1791 – 4 November 1830) was an English officer of the Royal Navy. Well connected by birth, he made a naval career, which attracted the sons of the nobility and also of those from naval backgrounds, to serve under him and, despite liberal politics, worked as a reforming administrator with the future William IV of the United Kingdom.[1]
- ^ Lambert, Andrew. "Spencer, Robert Cavendish". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26136. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)