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Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer

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British Royal Navy admiral (1798-1857)

PoliticiansLived 1798 to 1857 · aged 59

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Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, KG, CB, PC, styled The Honourable Frederick Spencer until 1845, was a British naval commander, courtier, and Whig politician.

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Portrait by Charles Allingham.

Lady Sarah Spencer (1838-1919)

Awards 5

Companion of the Order of the Bath

Knight of the Garter

Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis

Order of Saint Anna

Order of the Redeemer

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SpouseAdelaide Seymour

FatherGeorge Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer

MotherLavinia Spencer, Countess Spencer

ChildCharles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer

ChildJohn Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer

ChildLady Victoria Spencer

SiblingJohn Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer

SiblingSarah Lyttelton, Baroness Lyttelton

SiblingIgnatius Spencer

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Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, KG, CB, PC, 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.