William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton
The Lord Spencer of Wormleighton | |
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Baptised | 4 January 1591 |
Died | 19 December 1636 (aged 45) |
Spouse | Lady Penelope Wriothesley |
Children | 6 (including Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland and Robert Spencer, 1st Viscount Teviot) |
Parent(s) | Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton Margaret Willoughby |
William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton (1591 – 19 December 1636) was an English nobleman, politician, and peer from the Spencer family.
Life
Spencer was the second son of
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton.[3]
Family
Spencer married Lady Penelope Wriothesley, daughter of
Elizabeth Vernon
in 1615. The couple had a number of children, including:
- Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland[1]
- Robert Spencer, 1st Viscount Teviot[1]
- William (1630–88) married Elizabeth Gerard, daughter of Dutton, lord Gerard of Gerard's Bromley.[1]
- Elizabeth married John Craven, 1st Baron Craven of Ryton[1]
- Anne married Sir Robert Townshend, gentleman of the privy chamber to Charles II[4]
- Margaret married Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury[1]
- Alice, married Henry Moore, 1st Earl of Drogheda[1]
He died on 19 December 1636, aged 44.[1]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Baker, George (1822). History And Antiquities Of The County Of Northampton. Vol. 1. p. 109.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714.
- ^ a b c d "SPENCER, William (1592-1636), of Althorp, Northants". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 2. 1847.