Biography of George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer 1758-1834

On 20th December 1755 [his father] John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 21] and [his mother] Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 18] were married at Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Map]. He the son of [his grandfather] John Spencer and [his grandmother] Georgiana Caroline Carteret [aged 39].

On 1st September 1758 George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer was born to [his father] John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 23] and [his mother] Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 21].

On 3rd April 1761 [his father] John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 26] was created 1st Viscount Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer Althorp. [his mother] Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 23] by marriage Viscountess Spencer, 1st Baroness Spencer Althorp.

On 1st November 1765 [his father] John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 30] was created 1st Earl Spencer, 1st Viscount Althorp. [his mother] Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 28] by marriage Countess Spencer, 1st Viscountess Althorp.

Around 1774 Angelica Kauffmann [aged 32]. Portrait of siblings [his sister] Georgiana [aged 16], Henriette [aged 12] and George [aged 15] Spencer.

On 7th June 1774 [his brother-in-law] William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire [aged 26] and [his sister] Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire [aged 17] were married at St Mary's Church, Wimbledon. It was her 17th birthday. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of [his father] John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 39] and [his mother] Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 37]. He the son of William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire and Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington. They were fourth cousins.

On 27th November 1780 [his brother-in-law] Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough [aged 22] and [his sister] Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Bessborough. She the daughter of [his father] John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 45] and [his mother] Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 43]. He the son of William Ponsonby 2nd Earl Bessborough [aged 76] and Caroline Cavendish Countess Bessborough. They were fifth cousins.

On 6th March 1781 George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 22] and Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan [aged 45] and Margaret Smith Countess Lucan [aged 41]. He the son of John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 46] and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 43].

In 1782 [his son] John Charles Spencer 3rd Earl Spencer was born to George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 23] and [his wife] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 20].

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

On 29th July 1787 [his daughter] Sarah Spencer was born to George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 28] and [his wife] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 25]. She married March 1813 William Henry Lyttelton 3rd Baron Lyttelton, son of William Henry Lyttelton 1st Baron Lyttelton and Caroline Bristow Baroness Lyttelton, and had issue.

In 1789 [his son] Richard Spencer was born to George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 30] and [his wife] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 27]. He died aged two in 1791.

In 1791 [his son] Richard Spencer [aged 2] died.

In 1791 [his son] Robert Cavendish Spencer was born to George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 32] and [his wife] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 29].

In 1792 [his son] William Spencer was born to George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 33] and [his wife] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 30]. He died aged less than one years old.

In 1792 [his son] William Spencer died.

In 1793 [his daughter] Harriet Spencer was born to George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 34] and [his wife] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 31]. She died aged less than one years old.

In 1793 [his daughter] Harriet Spencer died.

In 1794 [his daughter] Georgiana Spencer was born to George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 35] and [his wife] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 32]. She married 14th April 1814 her fifth cousin once removed George Taylour aka Quin, son of Thomas Taylour 1st Marquess of Headfort and Mary Quin Marchioness of Headfort, and had issue.

On 26th May 1794 [his brother-in-law] Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan [aged 29] and Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg [aged 52] and Charlotte Lamb Countess Fauconberg. He the son of [his father-in-law] Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan [aged 58] and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Smith Countess Lucan [aged 54].

On 14th April 1798 [his son] Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer was born to George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 39] and [his wife] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 36]. He married (1) 23rd February 1830 his second cousin Elizabeth Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer and had issue (2) 1851 Adelaide Horatia Seymour-Conway Countess Spencer and had issue.

In 1799 George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 40] was appointed 621st Knight of the Garter by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 60].

In 1799 [his son] George Spencer was born to George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 40] and [his wife] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 37].

On 29th March 1799 [his father-in-law] Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan [aged 63] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Richard [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Earl Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo, 2nd Baron Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo, 8th Baronet Bingham of Castlebar in County Mayo. Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 29] by marriage Countess Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo.

Around 1800 John Singleton Copley [aged 61]. Portrait of George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 41].

On 30th March 1806 Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire [aged 48] died at Devonshire House [Map]. She was buried at Derby Cathedral [Map]. Her husband William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire [aged 58], her mother Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 68], her sister Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough [aged 44] and her eight months pregnant daughter Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle [aged 22] were present, as was Elizabeth Christiana Hervey Duchess Devonshire [aged 48], her husband's mistress and future wife.

In March 1813 [his son-in-law] William Henry Lyttelton 3rd Baron Lyttelton [aged 30] and Sarah Spencer [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 54] and Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 51].

On 18th March 1814 [his mother] Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 76] died.

On 14th April 1814 [his son-in-law] George Taylour aka Quin [aged 22] and Georgiana Spencer [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 55] and Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 52]. He the son of Thomas Taylour 1st Marquess of Headfort [aged 56] and Mary Quin Marchioness of Headfort. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 11th November 1821 [his sister] Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough [aged 60] died.

In 1823 [his daughter] Georgiana Spencer [aged 29] died.

In 1830 [his son] Robert Cavendish Spencer [aged 39] died.

On 23rd February 1830 Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer [aged 31] and Elizabeth Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 30] were married. He the son of George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 71] and Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 68]. They were second cousins.

In 1831 [his wife] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 69] died.

In 1833 Henry William Pickersgill [aged 50]. Portrait of George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 74].

In 1834 George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 75] died. His son John [aged 52] succeeded 3rd Earl Spencer, 3rd Viscount Althorp, 3rd Viscount Spencer, 3rd Baron Spencer Althorp.