Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer, Countess Spencer

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Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer (Hamilton), Countess Spencer

Also Known As: "Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer (Hamilton)", "Countess Spencer", "Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton", "Countess of Spencer"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Londonderry, Ireland
Death: December 04, 1972 (75)
Althorpe, Norfolk, England
Place of Burial: Spencer Family Vault, St Mary the Virgin with St John Churchyard, Great Brington, Northamptonshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn
Wife of Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
Mother of Lady Anne Wake-Walker and John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
Sister of Mary Cecilia Rhodesia Gilmour; Lady Katharine Seymour; James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn and Lord Claud David Hamilton

Occupation: Countess Spencer
House: Hamilton
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About Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer, Countess Spencer

" Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer, Countess Spencer, DCVO, OBE (16 August 1897 – 4 December 1972), known as Lady Cynthia Hamilton until her marriage, and from then as Viscountess Althorp until 1922 when her husband inherited his father's title of Earl Spencer, was a British peeress and the paternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales."

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Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Spencer,_Countess_Spencer

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13868095

http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=13776

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10102.htm#i101014

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Citations:

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XIII, page 39. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

[S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 6. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.

[S8] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, volume 2, page 2673.

[S4] C.F.J. Hankinson, editor, DeBretts Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 147th year (London, U.K.: Odhams Press, 1949), page 1007. Hereinafter cited as DeBretts Peerage, 1949.

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Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer, Countess Spencer's Timeline

1897
August 16, 1897
Londonderry, Ireland
1920
August 4, 1920
St George, Hanover Square, London
1924
January 24, 1924
24 Sussex Square, Paddington, London, England
1972
December 4, 1972
Age 75
Althorpe, Norfolk, England
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Spencer Family Vault, St Mary the Virgin with St John Churchyard, Great Brington, Northamptonshire, England