Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer

The Earl Spencer
Lord Chamberlain of the Household
In office
18 December 1905 – 14 February 1912
MonarchsEdward VII
George V
Prime MinisterSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
H. H. Asquith
Preceded byThe Earl of Clarendon
Succeeded byThe Lord Sandhurst
Personal details
Born(1857-10-30)30 October 1857
St James's, Westminster, London, England
Died26 September 1922(1922-09-26) (aged 64)
St James Place, Westminster, London, England
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Hon. Margaret Baring
(m. 1887; died 1906)
Children
Parents
Alma materTrinity 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.