Person:Robert Spencer (26)

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Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
b.5 Sep 1641
d.28 Sep 1702
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Dorothy Spencer1640 - 1670
  2. Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland1641 - 1702
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland1641 - 1702
  • W.  Anne Digby - 1715
  1. Lady Elizabeth SpencerAbt 1673 - 1704
  2. Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland1675 - 1722
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Sep 1641
Marriage to Anne Digby
Death[1] 28 Sep 1702
Reference Number Q2573060 (Wikidata)


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Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, (5 September 164128 September 1702) was an English nobleman and politician of the Spencer family. An able and gifted statesman, his caustic temper and belief in absolute monarchy nevertheless made him numerous enemies. He was forced to flee England in 1688, but later established himself with the new regime after the Revolution of that year. Subsequently, he took on a more disinterested role as an adviser to the Crown, seeking neither office nor favour. He evinced no party loyalty, but was devoted to his country's interests, as he saw them. By the notoriously lax standards of the Restoration Court, his private life was remarkably free from scandal, which won him favour in the more sober post-Revolution state.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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