Owners of Althorp [ 1500s to 1783] Sir John Spencer, Kt, bought Althorp 1508 ( d. 1522) married Isabell Graunt Sir William Spencer, Kt,( d. 1532) married Susan Knightly Sir John Spencer, Kt,( d. 1586) married Katherine Kitson Sir John Spencer, Kt,( d. 1599) married Mary Catlyn, 1566 Sir Robert Spencer 1570 - 1627 Created Baron Spencer of Wormleighton married Margaret Willoughby, 1587 ( d. 1597) William, 2nd Baron Spencer, KB 1591 - 1636 married Lady Penelope Wriothesley, 1614 1598 - 1667 Henry, 3rd Baron Spencer 1620 - 1643 created Earl of Sunderland , KG 1643 married Lady Dorothy Sidney, 1639 1617 - 1684 Robert, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, KG 1641 - 1702 married Lady Anne Digby, 1665 1646 - 1715 Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, KG 1675 - 1722 1) married Lady Arabella Cavendish, 1695 1673 - 1698, 2) married Lady Anne Churchill, 1699 ( d. 1716) 3) married Judith Tichbourne, 1717 ( d. 1749) Robert, 4th Earl of Sutherland 1701 - 1729* Charles, 5th Earl of Sunderland, 3rd Dukeof Malborough, KG 1706 - 1758* ( quitted Althorp 1734) Hon. John Spencer, 1708- 1746* married Lady Georgina Carteret, 1734 1716 - 1780 John Spencer, created Earl Spencer 1765 1734 - 1783 married Georgiana Poyntz, 1775 1737 - 1814 * Son of Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland and Lady Anne Churchill John Spencer, created Earl Spencer John Charles, 3rd Earl SpencerFrederick, 4th Earl Spencer John Poyntz, 5th Earl SpencerCharles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer AlbertEdward John, 7th EarlSpencerEdward John, 8th EarlSpencer Charles Edward Maurice, 9th EarlSpencer George John, 2nd Earl Spencer 67

Owners of Althorp and their families [ 1765 to date] John Spencer, created Earl Spencer 1765 1734 - 1783 married 1775 Georgiana Poyntz 1737 - 1814 Diana Spencer Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire Henrietta Countess of Bessborough George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG, 1758 - 1834 married 1814 Lady Lavinia Bingham 1762 - 1831 John Charles, 3rd Earl Spencer 1782 - 1845 married 1814 Ester Ackholm 1788 - 1818 3sons Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer, KG, married 1798 - 1857 Sarah, Lady Lyttelton Lady Georgiana Quinn 1) 1830 Elizabeth married Georgina Poyntz Lady Sarah Spencer Lady Georgiana Spencer John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer, KG 1835 - 1910 married 1858 Charlotte Seymour 1835 - 1903 2) 1854, Adelaide Horatia Elizabeth Seymour, ( 1823 - 1877) Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer, KG 1857 - 1922, married 1887 Hon Margaret Baring 1868 - 1906 Victoria Lady Sandhurst Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer 1892 - 1972 married 1919 Lady Cynthia Hamilton 1897 - 1972 2sonsLady Delia PeelLady Margaret Douglas Home Lavinia Lady Annaly 1) 1954 m. Hon. Frances Roche ( dissolved 1969) Edward John, 8th Earl Spencer 1924 - 1992 m. 2) Raine, Countess of Dartmouth Lady Anne Wake - Walker Charles EdwardMaurice, 9th Earl Spencer born1964 1) married Victoria Lockwood, 1989 born 1965 ( dissolved 1997) Lady SarahLady JaneDiana, Princess of Wales Louis Frederick John Spencer, Viscount Althorp born 1994 2) married Caroline born 1966 Daughter of RupertHutton Edmund Charles born2003 Lady Kitty Spencer born 1990 Lady Eliza Spencer born 1992 Lady Amelia Spencer born 1992 67