Talk:Spencer family

message: I am a little bit confused, because the information of the generations between the given "Henry Spencer" and the 1st Baron Spencer are various on the internet. Leo van de Pas says the Baron was a descendant of William Spencer, of Rodborne; but the Directory of Royal Genealogical Data says that the baron is a descendant of John Spencer, of Hodnell; both, John and William , being sons of Henry. Which information is the correct one? And how many generations  are between Henry and the first baron? (My third genealogic source, ThePeerage.com, starts between Henry and the first baron.)VM 15:21, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking at the generations, Robert Lord Spencer's great-great-great-grandfather, William, was by both estimations the son of a John. It would appear that Leo has this John as the son of William (Henry's eldest son), whilst the DRGD has him as Henry's second son (who Leo says is a different John). I'd be inclined to go with Leo, as I'd imagine it's easier to lose a generation (and assume a son is his uncle of the same name) than vice versa, which would make William, the elder son, the ancestor in question. But that's just a guess — I'm afraid I can't provide a definitive answer. Proteus (Talk) 22:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you very much for helping me. And it's free to all others to make things clearer, if they have better sources.VM 12:29, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I have found a further online source which leads from the 1st Baron through all the fathers back to this: familysearch.org/eng. Can one trust this source? Or isn't it reliable?VM 10:46, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: lineage question

message: I believe that Edmund Spenser, the great Elizabethan poet, claimed some sort of relation to this family in his poem, Colin Clouts Come Home Again and perhaps elsewhere, despite the lack of any real evidence for it.  Can someone confirm this and perhaps make a mention of it in the article? (Eeesh 21:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
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message: What is their exact relation?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.100.251.67 (talk) 12:46, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (1683–1716). --95.24.66.204 (talk) 08:24, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
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This implies that the first duke of Marlborough was a Spencer, which he wasn't; the title passed to the Spencers with the third duke. —Tamfang (talk) 02:57, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
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