Henry John Spencer
British diplomatist, second son of the 4th duke of Marlborough
About Henry John Spencer
Lived 1770 – 1795 (aged 24). Henry John Spencer was a British diplomat and politician.
Lord Henry John Spencer (20 December 1770 – 3 July 1795) was a British diplomat and politician.
Spencer was the second son of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough and his wife, Caroline and was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1790, he was elected Member of Parliament for Woodstock and was briefly secretary to Lord Auckland, British Ambassador at The Hague that year. From 1790 to 1793, he was himself ambassador until transferring to Sweden in 1793. In 1795, he was transferred to Prussia but died of fever at Berlin on 3 July, aged twenty-four.
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Who was Henry John Spencer?
British diplomatist, second son of the 4th duke of Marlborough (1770-1795)
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Henry John Spencer was born on 20 December 1770.
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Henry John Spencer died on 3 July 1795 in Berlin.
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Henry John Spencer was a diplomat and politician.
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Henry John Spencer was British.
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