The Earl Spencer | |
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_by_Stephen_Catterson_Smith.jpg) The Earl Spencer by Stephen Catterson Smith. | |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | |
| In office 8 July 1846 – 5 September 1848 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by | The Earl De La Warr |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Breadalbane |
| Lord Steward of the Household | |
| In office 10 January 1854 – 23 November 1857 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Aberdeen The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Norfolk |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of St Germans |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 April 1798 Admiralty Building Whitehall, London, England |
| Died | 27 December 1857 (aged 59) Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, England |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouses | Georgiana Poyntz
(m. 1830; died 1851)Adelaide Horatia Seymour
(m. 1854) |
| Children | Lady Georgiana Spencer John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer Lady Sarah Spencer Lady Victoria Mansfield Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer |
| Parent(s) | George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer Lady Lavinia Bingham |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, KG, CB, PC (14 April 1798 – 27 December 1857), styled The Honourable Frederick Spencer until 1845, was a British naval commander, courtier, and Whig politician. He initially served in the Royal Navy and fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence, eventually rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral. He succeeded his elder brother as Earl Spencer in 1845 and held political office as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1846 and 1848 and as Lord Steward of the Household between 1854 and 1857. In 1849 he was made a Knight of the Garter.