George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer

The Right Honourable The Earl Spencer KG PC DL FRS FSA
Lord Spencer by John Singleton Copley, 1800.
Home Secretary
In office 5 February 1806 – 25 March 1807
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	The Lord Grenville
Preceded by	The Lord Hawkesbury
Succeeded by	The Lord Hawkesbury
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office December 1794 – January 1801
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	John Pitt
Succeeded by	Earl St Vincent
Personal details
Born	(1758-09-01)1 September 1758 Wimbledon Park, London
Died	10 November 1834(1834-11-10) (aged 76) Althorp, Northamptonshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Lady Lavinia Bingham ​ ​ (m. 1781; died 1831)​
Children	John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer Sarah Lyttelton, Baroness Lyttelton Hon. Richard Spencer Robert Cavendish Spencer Hon. William Spencer Lady Harriet Spencer Lady Georgiana Quin Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer Father Ignatius Spencer
Parents	John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer Margaret Georgiana Poyntz
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG, PC, DL, FRS, FSA (1 September 1758 – 10 November 1834), styled Viscount Althorp from 1765 to 1783, was a British Whig politician. He served as Home Secretary from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was also the father of the Venerable Father Ignatius of St Paul, a Roman Catholic convert to the priesthood.