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Culture, Lords of England, Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baron Spencer

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Baron Spencer Wormleighton (1st Creation)

Baron Spencer Wormleighton is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.

On 21st July 1603 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 37) created a number of new Baronies ...

Thomas Egerton (age 63) was created 1st Baron Ellesmere. Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 54) by marriage Baroness Ellesmere.

Robert Spencer (age 33) was created 1st Baron Spencer Wormleighton.

John Harrington (age 63) was created 1st Baron Harington of Exton. Anne Keilway Baroness Harington (age 49) by marriage Baroness Harington of Exton.

In 1615 William Spencer 2nd Baron Spencer (age 23) and Penelope Wriothesley Baroness Spencer Wormleighton (age 16) were married. She by marriage Baroness Spencer Wormleighton. She the daughter of Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton (age 41) and Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton (age 43). They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 25th October 1627 Robert Spencer 1st Baron Spencer (age 57) died. His son William (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baron Spencer Wormleighton.

On 19th December 1636 William Spencer 2nd Baron Spencer (age 45) died. His son Henry (age 16) succeeded 3rd Baron Spencer Wormleighton.

On 20th July 1639, some sources say 11th July 1639, Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland (age 18) and Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland (age 21) were married at Penhurst Rother. She by marriage Baroness Spencer Wormleighton. Her long-term suitor, she was the 'Sacharissa' of his poems, Edmund Waller (age 33) wrote a letter to the bride's sister (age 12) on the occasion of the wedding. She the daughter of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 43) and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 41). They were fifth cousins.

Madam,

In this common joy at Penshurst, I know none to whom complaints may come less unseasonably than to your ladyship, the loss of a bedfellow being almost equal to that of a mistress; and therefore you ought at least to pardon, if you consent not to the imprecations of, the deserted, which just Heaven no doubt will hear. May my lady Dorothy, if we may yet call her so, suffer as much, and have the like passion for this young lord, whom she has preferred to the rest of mankind, as others have had for her; and may his love, before the year go about, make her taste of the first curse imposed upon womankind, the pains of becoming a mother. May her first born be none of her own sex, nor so like her but that he may resemble her lord as much as herself. May she that always affected silence and retirement have the house filled with the noise and number of her children, and hereafter of her grandchildren; and then may she arrive at that great curse, so much declined by fair ladies, old age; may she live to be very old and yet seem young; be told so by her glass, and have no aches to inform her of the truth; and when she shall appear to be mortal, may her lord not mourn for her, but go hand in hand with her to that place where we are told there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, that being there divorced we may all have an equal interest in her again! My revenge being immortal, I wish all this may befall her posterity to the world's end and afterwards! To you, madam, I wish all good things, and that this loss may in good time be happily supplied with a more constant bedfellow of the other sex. Madam, I humbly kiss your hands, and beg pardon for this trouble, from

Your ladyship's

most humble servant,

E. Waller.

On 20th September 1643 Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland (age 22) died. His son Robert (age 2) succeeded 2nd Earl of Sunderland, 4th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.

On 28th September 1702 Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland (age 61) died at Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Map]. His son Charles (age 27) succeeded 3rd Earl of Sunderland, 5th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland (age 19) by marriage Countess of Sunderland.

On 19th April 1722 Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland (age 46) died. His son Robert (age 20) succeeded 4th Earl of Sunderland, 6th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.

On 27th February 1729 Robert Spencer 4th Earl of Sunderland (age 27) died. His brother Charles (age 22) succeeded 5th Earl of Sunderland, 7th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.

On 20th October 1758 Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough (age 51) died. His son George (age 19) succeeded 4th Duke Marlborough, 4th Marquess of Blandford, 4th Earl of Marlborough, 4th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 6th Earl of Sunderland, 8th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.

On 29th January 1817 George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough (age 78) died. His son George (age 50) succeeded 5th Duke Marlborough, 5th Marquess of Blandford, 5th Earl of Marlborough, 5th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 7th Earl of Sunderland, 9th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Susan Stewart Duchess of Marlborough (age 49) by marriage Duchess Marlborough.

On 5th March 1840 George Spencer-Churchill 5th Duke of Marlborough (age 73) died. His son George (age 46) succeeded 6th Duke Marlborough, 6th Marquess of Blandford, 6th Earl of Marlborough, 6th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 8th Earl of Sunderland, 10th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Jane Stewart Duchess of Marlborough (age 42) by marriage Duchess Marlborough.

On 9th November 1892 George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke of Marlborough (age 48) died. His son Charles (age 20) succeeded 9th Duke Marlborough, 9th Marquess of Blandford, 9th Earl of Marlborough, 9th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 11th Earl of Sunderland, 13th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.

On 11th March 1972 John Albert William Spencer-Churchill 10th Duke of Marlborough (age 74) died. He was buried at St Martin's Church, Bladon [Map] next to the grave of his first wife Alexandra Mary Cadogan Duchess of Marlborough who died in 1961. His son John (age 45) succeeded 11th Duke Marlborough, 11th Marquess of Blandford, 11th Earl of Marlborough, 11th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 13th Earl of Sunderland, 15th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.

On 16th October 2014 John Spencer-Churchill 11th Duke of Marlborough (age 88) died. His son James (age 58) succeeded 12th Duke Marlborough, 12th Marquess of Blandford, 12th Earl of Marlborough, 12th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 14th Earl of Sunderland, 16th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.

Baron Spencer Althorp (2nd Creation)

On 3rd April 1761 John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer (age 26) was created 1st Viscount Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer Althorp. Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer (age 23) by marriage Viscountess Spencer, 1st Baroness Spencer Althorp.

On 31st October 1783 John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer (age 48) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Brington, Northamptonshire. His son George (age 25) succeeded 2nd Earl Spencer, 2nd Viscount Althorp, 2nd Viscount Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer Althorp. Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer (age 21) by marriage Countess Spencer.

In 1834 George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer (age 75) died. His son John (age 52) succeeded 3rd Earl Spencer, 3rd Viscount Althorp, 3rd Viscount Spencer, 3rd Baron Spencer Althorp.

In 1845 John Charles Spencer 3rd Earl Spencer (age 63) died. His brother Frederick (age 46) succeeded 4th Earl Spencer, 4th Viscount Althorp, 4th Viscount Spencer, 4th Baron Spencer Althorp. Elizabeth Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer (age 45) by marriage Countess Spencer.

On 27th December 1857 Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer (age 59) died. His son John (age 22) succeeded 5th Earl Spencer, 5th Viscount Althorp, 5th Viscount Spencer, 5th Baron Spencer Althorp.

In 1910 John Poyntz Spencer 5th Earl Spencer (age 75) died. His half brother Charles (age 52) succeeded 6th Earl Spencer, 6th Viscount Althorp, 6th Viscount Spencer, 6th Baron Spencer Althorp. Margaret Baring Countess Spencer by marriage Countess Spencer.

On 26th September 1922 Charles Robert Spencer 6th Earl Spencer (age 64) died. His son Albert (age 30) succeeded 7th Earl Spencer, 7th Viscount Althorp, 7th Viscount Spencer, 7th Baron Spencer Althorp. Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton Countess Spencer (age 25) by marriage Countess Spencer.

On 9th June 1975 Albert Edward John Spencer 7th Earl Spencer (age 83) died. His son John (age 51) succeeded 8th Earl Spencer, 8th Viscount Althorp, 8th Viscount Spencer, 8th Baron Spencer Althorp. Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer (age 39) by marriage Countess Spencer.

On 29th March 1992 John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer (age 68) died. His son Charles (age 27) succeeded 9th Earl Spencer, 9th Viscount Althorp, 9th Viscount Spencer, 9th Baron Spencer Althorp.