Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer

The Right Honourable The Earl Spencer KG GCVO VD PC
Lord Chamberlain of the Household
In office 18 December 1905 – 14 February 1912
Monarchs	Edward VII George V
Prime Minister	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	The Earl of Clarendon
Succeeded by	The Lord Sandhurst
Personal details
Born	(1857-10-30)30 October 1857 St James's, Westminster, London, England
Died	26 September 1922(1922-09-26) (aged 64) St James Place, Westminster, London, England
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Hon. Margaret Baring ​ ​ (m. 1887; died 1906)​
Children	Lady Adelaide Peel Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer Hon. Cecil Spencer Lady Lavinia Annaly Hon. George Spencer Lady Margaret Douglas-Home
Parents	Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer Adelaide Seymour
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, KG, GCVO, VD, PC (30 October 1857 – 26 September 1922), styled The Honourable Charles Spencer until 1905 and known as Viscount Althorp between 1905 and 1910, was a British courtier and Liberal politician from the Spencer family. An MP from 1880 to 1895 and again from 1900 to 1905, he served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1892 to 1895. Raised to peerage as Viscount Althorp in 1905, he was Lord Chamberlain from 1905 to 1912 in the Liberal administrations headed by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith. In 1910, he succeeded his half-brother as Earl Spencer. He was married to Margaret Baring, a member of the Baring family.