Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland (24 October 1701 – 15 September 1729) was a British peer from the
Spencer family, the son of
Whig politician
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland. His mother was
Lady Anne Churchill, the daughter of
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
General (United Kingdom), General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) was a Briti ...
, and
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. Known as Lord Spencer between 1702 and 1722, he succeeded to the Earldom after his father's death in 1722, but died in 1729 with no children. Therefore, his brother,
Charles
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, became 5th Earl of Sunderland, and subsequently 3rd
Duke of Marlborough after the death of his aunt,
Henrietta Godolphin (''née'' Churchill), 2nd Duchess of Marlborough.
References
*Henry L. Snyder, ‘Spencer, Charles, third earl of Sunderland (1675–1722)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 200
accessed 8 Sept 2007
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1701 births
1729 deaths
Earls of Sunderland
Robert
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...
18th-century English nobility
18th-century English landowners