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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. ) |