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Spencer, Charles, Earl of Sunderland
LL.D. 1705 .
2nd s. of Robert, Earl of Sunderland and Baron Spencer of Wormleighton [ Warwickshire ]. B. 1674 .
M.P. for Tiverton [ Devon ], 1695-1702 .
Succeeded to the peerage, 28 Sep., 1702.
Envoy to Vienna [ Austria ], 1705 .
P.C., 1706, and 1714 .
Secretary of State for the South, 1706-10 .
Lord Privy Seal, 1715-6 .
Vice-Treasurer of Ireland for life, 1716 .
Secretary of State for the North, 1717-8 .
Lord-President of the Council, 1718-9 .
First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister), 1718-21 .
K.G., 1719 .
Involved in the disgrace attending the South Sea scheme in 1721 .
Married three wives.
Died 19 Apr., 1722; buried at Brington, Northamptonshire .
( G.E.C. ; D.N.B. )
Charles SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland
Approx. lifespan: 1678–1722
LL.D. 1705
2nd s. of Robert SPENCER Earl of Sunderland and Baron SPENCER of Wormleighton, [Warwickshire],
b. 1674
M.P. for Tiverton, [Devon], 1695-1702
Succeeded to the peerage 1702:09:28
Envoy to Vienna, [Austria], 1705
P.C. 1706, and 1714
Secretary of State for the South 1706-10
Lord Privy Seal 1715-16
Vice-Treasurer of Ireland , for life 1716
Secretary of State for the North 1717-18
Lord-President of the Council 1718-19
First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister) 1718-21
K.G. 1719
Involved in the disgrace attending the South Sea scheme in 1721
Married three wives.
d. 1722:04:19 ; buried at Brington, Northamptonshire ,
( G.E.C. ; D.N.B. )

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