George Spencer (bishop)

George John Trevor Spencer (11 December 1799 – 16 July 1866) was an Anglican bishop in the 19th century and a member of the Spencer family.

He was the son of William Spencer (1769–1834), younger son of Lord Charles Spencer, and a great-grandson of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough. He was educated at University College, Oxford, and was Perpetual curate of Buxton until his appointment as the Bishop of Madras in 1837. He was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity (DD). The post came through the influence of John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, his brother-in-law.

Resigning his see in 1849, he was afterwards minister of the Marbœuf Chapel (English Protestant) in Paris and then Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral. His last post was as Rector of Walton on the Wolds, Leicestershire.

Spencer married in 1823 Harriet Theodora, daughter of Benjamin Hobhouse. They had two sons and three daughters. Spencer's brother Aubrey Spencer (1795–1872) became first Bishop of Newfoundland in 1839, then Bishop of Jamaica.

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