The Earl Spencer | |
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| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | |
| In office 18 December 1905 – 14 February 1912 | |
| Monarchs | Edward VII George V |
| Prime Minister | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Clarendon |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Sandhurst |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 October 1857 St James's, Westminster, London, England |
| Died | 26 September 1922 (aged 64) St James Place, Westminster, London, England |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Hon. Margaret Baring
(m. 1887; died 1906) |
| Children |
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| Parents |
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| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, KG, GCVO, VD, PC (30 October 1857 – 26 September 1922), styled The Honourable Charles Spencer until 1905 and known as Viscount Althorp between 1905 and 1910, was a British courtier and Liberal politician from the Spencer family. An MP from 1880 to 1895 and again from 1900 to 1905, he served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1892 to 1895. Raised to peerage as Viscount Althorp in 1905, he was Lord Chamberlain from 1905 to 1912 in the Liberal administrations headed by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith. In 1910, he succeeded his half-brother as Earl Spencer. He was married to Margaret Baring, a member of the Baring family.