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Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer

1798 - 1857

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Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, KG, CB, PC (14 April 1798 – 27 December 1857), styled The Honourable Frederick Spencer until 1845, was a British naval commander, courtier, and Whig politician. He initially served in the Royal Navy and fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence, eventually rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral. He succeeded his elder brother as Earl Spencer in 1845 and held political office as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1846 and 1848 and as Lord Steward of the Household between 1854 and 1857. In 1849, he was made a Knight of the Garter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer is the 14,023rd most popular politician (down from 13,158th in 2019), the 3,459th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,967th in 2019) and the 478th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer ranks 14,023 out of 19,576. Before him are Liutprand of Benevento, Gertrude of Brunswick, Buenaventura Báez, Ephraïm Inoni, Johannes Baumann, and Refik Saydam. After him are Markus Söder, Ion Ciubuc, Giovanni Passannante, Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, Fritz Graebner, and Charles Townshend.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer ranks 45. Before him are Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Friedrich Eduard Beneke, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, Willibald Alexis, and Friedrich Robert Faehlmann. After him are Karl von Holtei, Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Alexander Brullov, Ditlev Blunck, and Alessandro Antonelli. Among people deceased in 1857, Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer ranks 50. Before him is Johann Schweigger. After him are Stefano Franscini, Manuel José Quintana, Karol Kurpiński, Louis McLane, Vasily Perovsky, Gulab Singh, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, William L. Marcy, Elisha Kent Kane, David Thompson, and Nasir-ud-Daulah.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer ranks 3,460 out of 8,785. Before him are Bryan Johnson (1926), Tony Abbott (1957), Robert Greene (1558), Minette Walters (1949), Ralph Copeland (1837), and Rosemary Sutcliff (1920). After him are Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075), Charles Townshend (1725), Cyril Scott (1879), Nicol Williamson (1936), John Aston Jr. (1947), and Tommy Cooper (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer ranks 478. Before him are Roy Jenkins (1920), Emil Voigt (1883), Thérèse Coffey (1971), Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724), Mother Shipton (1488), and Tony Abbott (1957). After him are Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075), Charles Townshend (1725), Centwine of Wessex (643), William Davies Evans (1790), Pybba of Mercia (570), and John Taylor (1808).

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