John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer
(1734-1783), Politician; MP for WarwickSitter in 3 portraits
The Death of the Earl of Chatham
by John Singleton Copley
oil on canvas, 1779-1781
NPG L146
John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 1765 or after
NPG D8044
Death of the Earl of Chatham (includes William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham and 55 other sitters)
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after John Singleton Copley
line engraving, published 1791
NPG D18117
Related People
- Diana Russell (née Spencer), Duchess of Bedford (aunt)
- Henrietta Frances ('Harriet') Ponsonby (née Spencer), Countess of Bessborough (daughter)
- John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (grandson)
- Georgiana Dorothy (née Cavendish), Countess of Carlisle (granddaughter)
- William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley (grandson)
- Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire (daughter)
- William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (grandson)
- Henrietta Elizabeth ('Harriet') Leveson-Gower (née Cavendish), Countess Granville (granddaughter)
- Lady Caroline Lamb (granddaughter)
- Sarah Lyttelton (née Spencer), Lady Lyttelton (granddaughter)
- Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (uncle)
- Sir Frederic Cavendish Ponsonby (grandson)
- (Margaret) Georgiana Spencer (née Poyntz), Countess Spencer (wife)
- George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (son)
- John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer (grandson)
- Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (grandson)
- Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer (grandson)
- Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (grandfather)
- Anne Spencer (née Churchill), Countess of Sunderland (grandmother)
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