| LC control no. | n 88132834 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834 |
| Variant(s) | Althorp, George John Spencer, 2nd Viscount, 1758-1834 Althorp, George John Spencer, Viscount, 1758-1834 Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834 Spencer, George John, 1758-1834 Spencer, George John, 2nd Baron, 1758-1834 Spencer, George John, 2nd Viscount, 1758-1834 Spencer, George John, Baron, 1758-1834 Spencer, George John Spencer, 2nd Earl, 1758-1834 Spencer, George John, Viscount, 1758-1834 Spencer, Lord, 1758-1834 |
| Birth date | 1758-09-01 |
| Death date | 1834-11-10 |
| Place of birth | Wimbledon (London, England) |
| Place of death | Brington (England) |
| Profession or occupation | Bibliophiles Legislators |
| Found in | George-John Spencer, Earl Spencer, K.G., 1830? DNB (Spencer, George John, second Earl Spencer, 1758-1834) Johnson, J. A sketch of the life of William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq., 1816: p. [iii], etc. (Earl Spencer; Lord Spencer; dedicatee) Google Books, via WWW, Dec. 3, 2015: Cowper, W. Letters of William Cowper, 1820, p. [3] (George John Earl Spencer; patron of the poet Cowper; dedicatee) The Peerage, via WWW, Dec. 3, 2015 (George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer; styled as Viscount Spencer of Althorp, 1765-1783; succeeded to the titles of 2nd Baron Spencer of Althorp, 2nd Viscount Althorp, 2nd Earl Spencer, and 2nd Viscount Spencer of Althorp, 31 Oct. 1783; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1778; honorary D.C.L., Oxford, 1793; M.P. for Northamptonshire, 1780-82, and for Surrey, 1782-83; held other official and political offices; book collector; said to have formed at Althorp the finest private library in Europe, consisting of 40,000 books, including many examples of early illuminated works; b.1 September 1758, Wimbledon, London, England, son of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz; d. 10 November 1834 at age 76 at Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, England) |
| Associated language | eng |
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