Earl Spencer (title)
Noble title in the Peerage of Great Britain,1765-
Earl Spencer is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created on 1 November 1765, along with the title Viscount Althorp, of Althorp in the County of Northampton, for John Spencer, 1st Viscount Spencer. He was a member of the prominent Spencer family and a great-grandson of the 1st Duke of Marlborough. Previously, he had been created Viscount Spencer, of Althorp in the County of Northampton, and Baron Spencer of Althorp, of Althorp in the County of Northampton, on 3 April 1761.
The future 6th Earl Spencer was created Viscount Althorp, of Great Brington in the County of Northampton, on 19 December 1905 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Diana, Princess of Wales, was the youngest of three daughters of the 8th Earl Spencer. William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, are grandsons of the 8th Earl Spencer.
Estates and residences
Country seat
The family seat is Althorp in Northamptonshire.
Landed estates
In the 1883 edition of John Bateman's The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland, John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer's estates were recorded as spanning 27,185 acres across England, including 16,800 acres in Northamptonshire, 3,392 acres in Warwickshire, 3,017 acres in Hertfordshire, 2,533 acres in Norfolk, 771 acres in Buckinghamshire, 670 acres in Leicestershire, and 2 acres in Surrey, which produced a combined annual income of £46,764.
The Althorp estates continues to include the civil parish of Althorp, in West Northamptonshire, which comprises approximately 13,000 acres (5,300 ha). The family's estate includes significant land holdings in other parts of the country, including the village of North Creake in Norfolk.
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