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Robert Spencer, 1st Viscount Teviot (baptised 2 February 1629 – 20 May 1694), styled The Honourable Robert Spencer until 1685, was an English politician from the Spencer family who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.
Biography
Spencer was born at Althorp, a younger son of William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, and his wife Lady Penelope Wriothesley, daughter of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland was his elder brother. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford and was admitted at King's College, Cambridge in 1646. He also studied at the University of Padua in 1648 while travelling in France and Italy, returning to England in 1651. He was made Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) at Oxford in 1669.
In 1660, Spencer was elected Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn in the Convention Parliament. In 1661, he was elected MP for Brackley in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679.
He held a number of offices as: commissioner of assessment of taxes in Northamptonshire (1661–74) and Middlesex (1664–69); commissioner for excise appeals (1663–89), joint farmer of Barbados sugar duties (1670–77) and commissioner of the Privy Seal (1685–87).
He was created Viscount Teviot in the Peerage of Scotland on 10 October 1685.
Spencer married Jane Spencer, daughter of Sir Thomas Spencer of Yarnton, Oxon. Children include Elizabeth Long (nee Spencer), Ann Rowland (nee Spencer), James Henry Spencer, and Mary Spriggs (nee Spencer).
References
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1896). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. G. Bell & sons. pp. 379–380. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ History of Parliament Online - Spencer, Hon. Robert
- ^ "Spencer, Robert (SPNR646R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byEdmund Harvey Vacant |
Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1660–1661 With: Thomas Gape |
Succeeded byDuke Stonehouse Henry Clerke |
| Preceded bySir Thomas Crew William Lisle |
Member of Parliament for Brackley 1661–1679 With: Sir Thomas Crew |
Succeeded bySir Thomas Crew William Lisle |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| New creation | Viscount Teviot 1685–1694 |
Extinct |
- 1629 births
- 1694 deaths
- Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland
- Peers of Scotland created by James VII
- Spencer family
- Younger sons of barons
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- Politicians from Wiltshire
- People from Brackley
- English MPs 1660
- English MPs 1661–1679
- Suicides by sharp instrument in England