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- Althorp, George John Spencer, 2nd Viscount, 1758-1834
- Althorp, George John Spencer, Viscount, 1758-1834
- Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834
- Spencer, George John, 1758-1834
- Spencer, George John, 2nd Baron, 1758-1834
- Spencer, George John, 2nd Viscount, 1758-1834
- Spencer, George John, Baron, 1758-1834
- Spencer, George John Spencer, 2nd Earl, 1758-1834
- Spencer, George John, Viscount, 1758-1834
- Spencer, Lord, 1758-1834
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1758-09-01
Death Date
- 1834-11-10
Birth Place
- Wimbledon (London, England)
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
Bibliophiles
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Sources
- found: George-John Spencer, Earl Spencer, K.G., 1830?
- found: DNB(Spencer, George John, second Earl Spencer, 1758-1834)
- found: Johnson, J. A sketch of the life of William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq., 1816:p. [iii], etc. (Earl Spencer; Lord Spencer; dedicatee)
- found: Google Books, via WWW, Dec. 3, 2015:Cowper, W. Letters of William Cowper, 1820, p. [3] (George John Earl Spencer; patron of the poet Cowper; dedicatee)
- found: The Peerage, via WWW, Dec. 3, 2015(George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer; styled as Viscount Spencer of Althorp, 1765-1783; succeeded to the titles of 2nd Baron Spencer of Althorp, 2nd Viscount Althorp, 2nd Earl Spencer, and 2nd Viscount Spencer of Althorp, 31 Oct. 1783; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1778; honorary D.C.L., Oxford, 1793; M.P. for Northamptonshire, 1780-82, and for Surrey, 1782-83; held other official and political offices; book collector; said to have formed at Althorp the finest private library in Europe, consisting of 40,000 books, including many examples of early illuminated works; b.1 September 1758, Wimbledon, London, England, son of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz; d. 10 November 1834 at age 76 at Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, England)
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Change Notes
- 1988-05-03: new
- 2016-05-28: revised
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