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George John Spencer, second earl Spencer
(1758-1834)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834
NRA:    Spencer George John (1758-1834) 2nd Earl Spencer statesman
DNB:    Spencer, George John, second Earl Spencer (1758-1834), politician and book collector
LBT ID: LdSpenc2    VIAF ID: 17584030    LOC ID: n88132834		B/BAP:   1758-09-01
DIED:   1834-11-10
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a Whig MP aligned with Edmund Burke, first lord of the Admiralty (1794-1801) and home secretary (1806-07). He was a book collector and patron of the poets John Clare and Herbert Knowles.
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