The Right Hon. Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer

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Wikipedia Biography of Edward John Spencer

Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, MVO (24 January 1924 ? 29 March 1992) was the son of Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer and Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton, and the father of Diana, Princess of Wales. Lord Spencer held the offices of County Councillor for Northamptonshire (1952), High Sheriff of Northamptonshire (1959) and Justice of the Peace for Norfolk (1970).[1] He served as Equerry to King George VI (1950? 52) and to Queen Elizabeth II (1952? 54),[2] and was invested as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1954.[1]

On 1 June 1954, Lord Althorp and the Hon. Frances Ruth Roche, the younger daughter of the 4th Baron Fermoy, were married in Westminster Abbey by Percy Herbert, Bishop of Norwich. They had five children:
Lady Sarah McCorquodale (b.1955)
Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes (b.1957)
John Spencer (1960)
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961? 1997)
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (b.1964)

Lord and Lady Althorp were unexpectedly divorced in April 1969. Lord Spencer later won a bitter custody battle for Diana. On 14 July 1976, Lord Spencer married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth, the former wife of the 9th Earl of Dartmouth, and the only daughter of the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland and Alexander McCorquodale.

1) Staff. "Person Page 100 earl daniel spencer was his great great grand father 89: Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer". thePeerage.com.

2) Royal Household of Buckingham Palace. "Diana, Princess of Wales biography". Royal.gov.uk, the official website of the British Monarchy. "Earl Spencer was Equerry to George VI from 1950 to 1952, and to The Queen from 1952 to 1954."

3) "The 8th Earl Spencer, 68, Dies; Father of the Princess of Wales". The New York Times. 30 March 1992.

Family/Spouse: Hon. Frances Ruth Roche. Frances (daughter of Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4rth Baron Femoy and Ruth Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy) was born on 20 Jan 1936 in Norfolk, England; died on 2 Jun 2004 in England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales was born on 1 Jul 1961 in Norfolk, England; died on 31 Aug 1997 in Paris, France.