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Spencer

• References:
  • MARLBOROUGH in [Burkes Peerage]
  • DIGBY in [Burkes Extinct]

William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer, born 1591,
seat at Althorp (pron. "Altrop"),
mar Lady Penelope Wriothesley [descendant of Edward III] and had issue:

Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, born 1620,
mar 1639 to Lady Dorothy Sidney [descendant of Edward III] and had issue:

Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, born 1641,
mar Anne Digby [dau of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, of an earlier creation, extinct 1698],
portrait at Penshurst,
died 1702, age 61 yrs,
had issue:

1. Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, born 1675.

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• Origin of Spencer