Edward John (Spencer), 8th Earl Spencer

1924 - 1992  (68 years)

• Name	Edward John (Spencer)  [1, 2]
  Suffix	8th Earl Spencer
  Birth	24 Jan. 1924  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England   [4]
  Education	Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England   [3]
  Education	Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England   [3]
  Hereditary Title	3rd Viscount
  Hereditary Title	8th Baron
  Hereditary Title	8th Viscount
  Hereditary Title	8th Viscount
  Hereditary Title	Viscount
  Office	From 1947 to 1950  [3]
  	Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of South Australia
  Death	29 March 1992	London, England
  Burial	1 April 1992	St. Mary's Church, Great Brington, Northamptonshire, England
  Person ID	I11	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	14 Aug. 2015

  
  

  Father	Albert Edward John (Spencer), 7th Earl Spencer,   b. 23 May 1892   d. 9 June 1975, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton,   b. 16 Aug. 1897, 111, Park Street, London, Middlesex, England d. 4 Dec. 1972 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	26 Feb. 1919  [2]
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hon. Frances Ruth Burke Roche,   b. 20 Jan. 1936, Sandringham, Norfolk, England d. 3 June 2004 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1 June 1954	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [3]
  Divorce	1969  [3]
  Children	+ 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Sarah Lavinia Spencer,   b. 19 March 1955 + 2. Lady (Cynthia) Jane Spencer,   b. 11 Feb. 1957   3. Viscount Living Spencer   4. Hon. John Spencer,   b. 12 Jan. 1960   d. 12 Jan. 1960 (Age 0 years) + 5. Lady Diana Frances Spencer,   b. 1 July 1961, Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England d. 31 Aug. 1997, Paris, France (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F44	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Aug. 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Raine McCorquodale,   b. 9 Sept. 1929 (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	14 July 1976	Caxton Hall Register Office, London, England   [3]
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Aug. 2015

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Spencer Quarterly Argent and Gules in the second and third quarters a Fret Or overall on a Bend Sable three Escallops of the first

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Eilers, Marlene A., Queen Victoria's Descendants, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1987), page 172. [S22] G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), The Complete Peerage, (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume XIII, page 39. [S3] Charles Mosley (ed.), BP 1999, (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 1999), volume 2, page 2674. [S17] Editor: Hankinson, C.F.J., Debretts Peerage, 1949, (Odhams Press, London, U.K., 1949), page 1007.