Person Spencer; Charles (c 1674 - 1722); 3rd Earl of Sunderland Spencer Charles c 1674 - 1722 British Male Sutherland House, Piccadilly, Westminster 19 April 1722 Burial: Brington, Northamptonshire, England, Europe

Education: Cambridge; LLD (1705) Career: MP for Tiverton (1695-1702); Envoy Extraordinary to Vienna (1705); Commissioner for Union (1706); Privy Councillor (1706); Secretary of State for the South (1706-1710); Recorder of Coventry (1710-death); Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1714); Lord Privy Seal (1715-1716); Vice-Teasurer of Ireland (1716-1717); Secretary of State for the North (1717-1718); Lord President of the Council (1718-1719); Forst Lord of the Treasury (1718-1721); Groom of the Stole and First Gentleman of the Bedchamber (1719-death); involved in the disgrace of the South Sea Bubble (1721); died of pleurisy Honours: KG 1719 Son of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, and his wife, Anne, daughter of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford; succeeded his father (1702). Married: 1) Arabella, daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, and his wife, Frances, daughter of William Pierrepont; 2) Anne, daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Richard Jennings of Sandridge, Hertfordshire; 3) Judith, daughter of Benjamin Tichborne and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Gibbs of Gloucester Brother-in-law of John West, 1st Earl de la Warr (FRS 1728) The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of the Fishery) was a British joint-stock company founded in 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of the national debt. To generate income, in 1713 the company was granted a monopoly (the Asiento) to supply enslaved Africans to the islands in the 'South Seas' and South America. Company stock rose greatly in value as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, and peaked in 1720 before suddenly collapsing to little above its original flotation price. The notorious economic bubble thus created, which ruined thousands of investors, became known as the South Sea Bubble. Fellow 30/11/1698 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC; Venn Notes: GEC gives year of birth as 1675. Spencer also held the title of Baron Spencer of Wormleighton. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1674 or 1675 - 19 Apr 1722 NA5759 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM yes 6ca338a0-e0f2-4d59-ba23-e8629d385d2c