Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer

Vice-Admiral The Right Honourable The Earl Spencer KG CB PC
The Earl Spencer by Charles Allingham.

Lord Chamberlain of the Household
In office 8 July 1846 – 5 September 1848
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Lord John Russell
Preceded by	The Earl De La Warr
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Breadalbane
Lord Steward of the Household
In office 10 January 1854 – 23 November 1857
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Aberdeen The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded by	The Duke of Norfolk
Succeeded by	The Earl of St Germans
Personal details
Born	14 April 1798 Admiralty Building, Whitehall, London, England
Died	27 December 1857(1857-12-27) (aged 59) Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	(1) Georgiana Poyntz (1799-1851) (2) Adelaide Horatia Seymour (1825-1877)

Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer KG, CB, PC (14 April 1798 – 27 December 1857), styled The Honourable Frederick Spencer until 1845, was a British naval commander, courtier and Whig politician. He initially served in the Royal Navy and fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence, eventually rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral. He succeeded his elder brother as Earl Spencer in 1845 and held political office as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1846 and 1848 and as Lord Steward of the Household between 1854 and 1857. In 1849 he was made a Knight of the Garter.

Through his second son, Charles, Lord Spencer was the 2nd great-grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales, the 3rd great-grandfather of future British Monarch Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and the 4th great-grandfather of William's son, Prince George.