Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer

The Right Honourable The Earl Spencer KG CB PC
The Earl Spencer by Stephen Catterson Smith.
Lord Chamberlain of the Household
In office 8 July 1846 – 5 September 1848
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Lord John Russell
Preceded by	The Earl De La Warr
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Breadalbane
Lord Steward of the Household
In office 10 January 1854 – 23 November 1857
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Aberdeen The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded by	The Duke of Norfolk
Succeeded by	The Earl of St Germans
Personal details
Born	, England (1798-04-14)14 April 1798 Admiralty Building, Whitehall, London, England
Died	27 December 1857(1857-12-27) (aged 59) Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire
Resting place	, England
Political party	Whig
Spouses	Georgiana Poyntz ​ ​ (m. 1830; died 1851)​ Adelaide Horatia Seymour ​ ​ (m. 1854)​
Children	Lady Georgiana Spencer John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer Lady Sarah Spencer Lady Victoria Mansfield Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
Parent(s)	George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer Lady Lavinia Bingham
Alma mater	Eton College

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.