Robert Cavendish Spencer

Robert Cavendish Spencer
Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer
Born(1791-10-24)24 October 1791
England
Died4 November 1830(1830-11-04) (aged 39)
Off Alexandria, Egypt
Parents
RelativesJohn Spencer (brother)
Frederick Spencer (brother)
George Spencer (brother)
Sarah Lyttelton (sister)
Military career
ServiceRoyal Navy
UnitHMS Tigre
HMS Malta
HMS Espoir
HMS Carron
CommandsHMS Pelorus
HMS Kite
HMS Cydnus
HMS Ganymede
HMS Owen Glendower
HMS Naiad
HMS Madagascar

Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer KCH (24 October 1791 – 4 November 1830) was an English officer of the Royal Navy. Well connected by birth, he made a naval career, which attracted the sons of the nobility and also of those from naval backgrounds, to serve under him and, despite liberal politics, worked as a reforming administrator with the future William IV of the United Kingdom.[1]

  1. ^ Lambert, Andrew. "Spencer, Robert Cavendish". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26136. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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