Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER (1769-1834)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 638 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

WILLIAM See also:ROBERT See also:SPENCER (1769-1834)  , See also:English poet and wit, was the son of See also:Lord See also:Charles See also:Spencer, second sort of Charles Spencer, 3rd See also:duke of See also:Marlborough and 5th See also:earl of See also:Sunderland . He was educated at See also:Harrow and See also:Christ See also:Church, See also:Oxford; but See also:left the university without taking a degree . Spencer's wit made him a popular member of society, but he took no See also:part in public See also:life although he numbered among his See also:friends leading statesmen like See also:Pitt, See also:Fox and See also:Sheridan . He was an accomplished writer of occasional " See also:verse, which was warmly praised by See also:Scott, by See also:Christopher See also:North and by See also:Byron, who placed him in the same See also:rank as See also:Moore, See also:Rogers and See also:Campbell . In 1796 he published an English version of See also:Burger's Leonore, and in 1802 he burlesqued See also:German See also:romance in his Urania, which was produced on the See also:stage at See also:Drury See also:Lane . Among his best-known pieces, which were published in a collection of his poems in 1811, were " Beth Gelert "and "Too See also:Late I Stayed." He died in poverty in See also:Paris in 1834 . In 1791 he married Susan, daughter of See also:Count ' Jenson-See also:Walworth, See also:chamberlain to the elector See also:palatine, by whom he had five sons and two daughters . One son, See also:AUBREY See also:GEORGE SPENCER (1795-1872), became first See also:bishop of See also:Newfoundland in 1839, being afterwards translated to the See of See also:Jamaica . Another son, GEORGE TREVOR SPENCER (1799-1866), was in 1837 consecrated second bishop of See also:Madras . He published several books See also:relating to missionary See also:work in See also:India; on his return to See also:England in 1849 he was appointed assistant to the bishop of See also:Bath and See also:Wells, and in i86o became See also:chancellor of St See also:Paul's • See also:Cathedral . He married, in 1823, Harriet, daughter of See also:Sir See also:Benjamin See also:Hobhouse and See also:sister of Lord See also:Broughton . See W .

R . Spencer, Poems (See also:

London, 1835), containing, a See also:biographical memoir; The See also:Annual See also:Register (1834); Alumni Oxonienses z7z5-.z6'86, annotated by J . See also:Foster (4 vols., Oxford, 1890 .

End of Article: WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER (1769-1834)
[back]
JOHNPOYNTZ SPENCER SPENCER
[next]
SPENNYMOOR

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.