John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, known as Viscount Althorp from 1845 to 1857, was a British Liberal Party politician under, and close friend of, prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. He was tw
The Earl Spencer, c. 1890s
Myles Joyce
Lord Spencer in the robes of a Knight of the Garter
M. A. Hayes, Poyntz with the Ward Union Hunt (1877)
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 t
John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
…Party politician under, and close friend of, prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. He was twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Spencer was the son of Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, by his first wife Georgiana, daughter of William Poyntz. The prominent Whig politician John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, was his uncle and Charles…
The Earl Spencer by Stephen Catterson Smith.
Portrait by Charles Allingham.
Lady Sarah Spencer (1838–1919)