Of Woolbeding in Sussex; the youngest son of the second Duke of Marlborough, he was Whig MP for Woodstock (1768-71, 1818-20), Oxford City (1771-90), Wareham (1790-99), and Tavistock (1802-07). He was a friend of Charles James Fox.

REFERENCES TO Lord Robert Spencer:

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 11 May 1803 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 13 October 1805 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 20 January 1810 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Sydney Smith to Lady Holland, 24 January 1811 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Henry Grey Bennet to Thomas Creevey, 3 April 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 5 February 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 16 August 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 12 February 1829 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)