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This just in: Princess Diana’s former family home just sold for a cool $14.2 million, marking what is believed to be the fastest house sale in London’s Mayfair neighborhood this year (it was ...
Diana — who lost her life at age 36 after a Paris car accident on Aug. 31, 1997 — is buried at the Spencer family ancestral home, Althorp, which Spencer has been custodian of since 1992, after ...
The room was a favourite haunt of Spencer's grandfather, Albert Spencer, who would spend thousands of hours in it perusing over the family history. So guarded was he of the collection that when Winston Churchill once spent time in the room looking for information on his ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722), Albert ...
Seal of Henry Le Despenser. The House was founded in the 15th century by Henry Spencer (died c. 1478), from whom all members descend. In the 16th century, the claim arose that the Spencers were a cadet branch of the older House Le Despencer, though this theory has since been debunked, in particular by historian J. Horace Round in his essay The Rise of the Spencers.
Charles Spencer, the younger brother of the late Princess Diana, was only 8 when he was sent away to an all-boys boarding school in the English countryside. Maidwell Hall catered to the upper ...
Gladys Marie Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (née Deacon; 7 February 1881 – 13 October 1977) was a French American aristocrat and socialite. She was the mistress and later the second wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough .
According to People, the Duke of Sussex stayed with his uncle Charles Spencer at the ancestral home, a move that makes sense considering (a) Harry's close with Princess Diana's side of the family ...
Beauclerk was born into the aristocratric Spencer family as the daughter of Charles, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706–1758), and the Hon. Elizabeth Trevor (d. 1761). Her siblings were George (later 4th Duke), Lord Charles Spencer, and Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke. Her great-grandmother was the formidable Sarah Churchill, Duchess of ...