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Sir Robert SPENCER, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, KG, PC

Sir Robert SPENCER, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, KG, PC

Male 1641 - 1702  (61 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir Robert SPENCER, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, KG, PC was born on 5 Sep 1641 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 28 Sep 1702.

    Family/Spouse: Anne DIGBY, Countess of Sunderland. Anne (daughter of Sir George DIGBY, 2nd Earl of Bristol, KG) was born about 1646; died on 26 Apr 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1666; died in 1688 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
    2. 3. Anne SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1667; died in 1690.
    3. 4. Isabella SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1668; died in 1684.
    4. 5. Elizabeth SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1671; died in 1704.
    5. 6. Sir Charles SPENCER, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, KG, PC  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 23 Apr 1675; died on 19 Apr 1722.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in 1666; died in 1688 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

  2. 3.  Anne SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in 1667; died in 1690.

    Family/Spouse: James DOUGLAS, 4th Duke of Hamilton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Isabella SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in 1668; died in 1684.

  4. 5.  Elizabeth SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in 1671; died in 1704.

    Family/Spouse: Donough MACCARTHY, 4th Earl of Clancarty. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Sir Charles SPENCER, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, KG, PC Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born about 23 Apr 1675; died on 19 Apr 1722.

    Family/Spouse: Arabella CAVENDISH. Arabella (daughter of Sir Henry CAVENDISH, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, KG, PC and Frances PIERREPONT, Duchess of Newcastle) was born on 19 Aug 1673; died on 4 Jun 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Lady Frances SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1696; died on 27 Jul 1742.

    Family/Spouse: Judith TICHBORNE. Judith was born about 1702; died on 17 May 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1718; died in 1718.
    2. 9. SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1719; died in 1719.
    3. 10. Hon. William SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1720; died on 17 Apr 1722.

    Charles married Lady Anne CHURCHILL, Countess of Sunderland on 2 Jan 1700. Anne (daughter of Gen. His Grace John CHURCHILL, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, and Her Grace Sarah JENNINGS, Duchess of Marlborough, Princess of Mindelheim, Co) was born on 27 Feb 1683; died on 15 Apr 1716. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Hon. Robert SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Dec 1700; died on 12 Sep 1701.
    2. 12. Robert SPENCER, 4th Earl of Sunderland  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Oct 1701; died on 27 Nov 1729.
    3. 13. Lady Anne SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1702; died on 19 Feb 1769.
    4. 14. His Grace Charles SPENCER, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, 5th Earl of Sunderland, K  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Nov 1706; died on 20 Oct 1758 in Germany.
    5. 15. Hon. John SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 May 1708; died on 19 Jun 1746.
    6. 16. Lady Diana SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1710; died on 27 Sep 1735.


Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Lady Frances SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born about 1696; died on 27 Jul 1742.

    Family/Spouse: Sir Henry HOWARD, 4th Earl of Carlisle, KG. Henry was born on 14 Aug 1694; died on 3 Sep 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Rt. Hon Frederick HOWARD, 5th Earl of Carlisle KG PC  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 May 1748; died on 4 Sep 1825.

  2. 8.  SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1718; died in 1718.

  3. 9.  SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1719; died in 1719.

  4. 10.  Hon. William SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1720; died on 17 Apr 1722.

  5. 11.  Hon. Robert SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born on 2 Dec 1700; died on 12 Sep 1701.

  6. 12.  Robert SPENCER, 4th Earl of Sunderland Descendancy chart to this point (6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born on 24 Oct 1701; died on 27 Nov 1729.

  7. 13.  Lady Anne SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1702; died on 19 Feb 1769.

    Family/Spouse: William BATEMAN, 1st Viscount Bateman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 14.  His Grace Charles SPENCER, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, 5th Earl of Sunderland, K Descendancy chart to this point (6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born on 22 Nov 1706; died on 20 Oct 1758 in Germany.

    Family/Spouse: The Hon. Elizabeth TREVOR. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas TREVOR, 2nd Baron Trevor) was born about 1713; died in 1761. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Lady Diana SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Mar 1734; died on 1 Aug 1808.
    2. 19. Elizabeth SPENCER, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery  Descendancy chart to this point was born between Jan 1737 and Mar 1737; died on 30 Apr 1831.
    3. 20. His Grace Sir George SPENCER, 4th Duke of Marlborough, KG, PC, FRS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jan 1739; died on 29 Jan 1817.
    4. 21. Lord Charles SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Mar 1740; died on 16 Jun 1820.
    5. 22. Lord Robert SPENCER, PC  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 May 1747; died on 23 Jun 1831.

  9. 15.  Hon. John SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born on 13 May 1708; died on 19 Jun 1746.

    John married Georgiana Caroline CARTERET, Countess Cowper on 14 Feb 1732. Georgiana (daughter of The Rt. Hon. Sir John CARTERET, 2nd Earl Granville, KG, PC) was born on 12 Mar 1715; died on 21 Aug 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. The Rt. Hon. John SPENCER, 1st Earl Spencer  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Dec 1734 in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England; died on 31 Oct 1783 in Bath, Somerset, England.
    2. 24. Diana SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1735; died about 1743.

  10. 16.  Lady Diana SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1710; died on 27 Sep 1735.

    Diana married His Grace John RUSSELL, 4th Duke of Bedford, KG, PC, FRS in Oct 1731. John was born on 30 Sep 1710; died on 5 Jan 1771. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Her Grace Caroline RUSSELL, Duchess of Marlborough, Princess of Mindelheim, Co  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jan 1743; died on 26 Nov 1811.


Generation: 4

  1. 17.  Rt. Hon Frederick HOWARD, 5th Earl of Carlisle KG PC Descendancy chart to this point (7.Frances3, 6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born on 28 May 1748; died on 4 Sep 1825.

    Family/Spouse: Margaret Caroline LEVESON GOWER. Margaret died on 27 Jan 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Rt. Hon. Sir George HOWARD, 6th Earl of Carlisle, KG, PC, FRS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Sep 1773 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 7 Oct 1848 in Castle Howard, Ryedale, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Castle Howard Mausoleum, Castle Howard, Ryedale, Yorkshire, England.

  2. 18.  Lady Diana SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (14.Charles3, 6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born on 24 Mar 1734; died on 1 Aug 1808.

    Family/Spouse: Frederick ST. JOHN, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke, 3rd Viscount St. John. Frederick (son of John ST. JOHN, 2nd Viscount St. John and Anne FURNESS) was born on 21 Dec 1732; died on 5 May 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Topham BEAUCLERK. Topham was born on 22 Dec 1739; died on 11 Mar 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 19.  Elizabeth SPENCER, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery Descendancy chart to this point (14.Charles3, 6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born between Jan 1737 and Mar 1737; died on 30 Apr 1831.

    Family/Spouse: Henry HERBERT, 10th Earl of Pembroke. Henry was born on 3 Jul 1734; died on 26 Jan 1794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 20.  His Grace Sir George SPENCER, 4th Duke of Marlborough, KG, PC, FRS Descendancy chart to this point (14.Charles3, 6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born on 26 Jan 1739; died on 29 Jan 1817.

    Family/Spouse: Her Grace Caroline RUSSELL, Duchess of Marlborough, Princess of Mindelheim, Co. Caroline (daughter of His Grace John RUSSELL, 4th Duke of Bedford, KG, PC, FRS and Lady Diana SPENCER) was born on 13 Jan 1743; died on 26 Nov 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Caroline SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Oct 1763; died on 23 Nov 1813.
    2. 28. Elizabeth SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1764; died in 1812.
    3. 29. His Grace George SPENCER-CHURCHILL, 5th Duke of Marlborough, FSA  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Mar 1766; died on 5 Mar 1840 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; was buried in 1840 in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.
    4. 30. Lady Charlotte SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1769; died in 1802.
    5. 31. Lord Henry John SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Dec 1770; died on 3 Jul 1795.
    6. 32. Lady Anne SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1773; died in 1865.
    7. 33. Lady Amelia SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1774; died in 1829.
    8. 34. Lord Francis Almeric SPENCER, 1st Baron Churchill, DCL, FRS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Dec 1779; died on 10 Mar 1845.

  5. 21.  Lord Charles SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (14.Charles3, 6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born on 31 Mar 1740; died on 16 Jun 1820.

    Family/Spouse: Mary BEAUCLERK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. William Robert SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jan 1769; died on 23 Oct 1834.

  6. 22.  Lord Robert SPENCER, PC Descendancy chart to this point (14.Charles3, 6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born on 8 May 1747; died on 23 Jun 1831.

  7. 23.  The Rt. Hon. John SPENCER, 1st Earl Spencer Descendancy chart to this point (15.John3, 6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born on 19 Dec 1734 in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England; died on 31 Oct 1783 in Bath, Somerset, England.

    Family/Spouse: The Rt. Hon. Margaret Georgiana POYNTZ, Countess Spencer. Margaret (daughter of The Rt. Hon. Stephen POYNTZ and Anna MAria MORDAUNT) was born on 8 May 1737; died on 18 Mar 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Georgiana SPENCER, Duchess of Devonshire  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jun 1757; died in 1806.
    2. 37. The Rt. Hon. George John SPENCER, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG, PC, DL, FRS, FSA  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Sep 1758; died on 10 Nov 1834.
    3. 38. The Rt. Hon Henrietta Frances SPENCER, Countess of Bessborough  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jun 1761; died on 11 Nov 1821.
    4. 39. Charlotte SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1765; died in 1766.
    5. 40. Louisa SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1769; died in 1769.

  8. 24.  Diana SPENCER Descendancy chart to this point (15.John3, 6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born about 1735; died about 1743.

  9. 25.  Her Grace Caroline RUSSELL, Duchess of Marlborough, Princess of Mindelheim, Co Descendancy chart to this point (16.Diana3, 6.Charles2, 1.Robert1) was born on 13 Jan 1743; died on 26 Nov 1811.

    Family/Spouse: His Grace Sir George SPENCER, 4th Duke of Marlborough, KG, PC, FRS. George (son of His Grace Charles SPENCER, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, 5th Earl of Sunderland, K and The Hon. Elizabeth TREVOR) was born on 26 Jan 1739; died on 29 Jan 1817. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Caroline SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Oct 1763; died on 23 Nov 1813.
    2. 28. Elizabeth SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1764; died in 1812.
    3. 29. His Grace George SPENCER-CHURCHILL, 5th Duke of Marlborough, FSA  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Mar 1766; died on 5 Mar 1840 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; was buried in 1840 in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.
    4. 30. Lady Charlotte SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1769; died in 1802.
    5. 31. Lord Henry John SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Dec 1770; died on 3 Jul 1795.
    6. 32. Lady Anne SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1773; died in 1865.
    7. 33. Lady Amelia SPENCER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1774; died in 1829.
    8. 34. Lord Francis Almeric SPENCER, 1st Baron Churchill, DCL, FRS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Dec 1779; died on 10 Mar 1845.



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