Adelaide Spencer, Dowager Countess Spencer

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Adelaide Horatia Elizabeth Spencer (Seymour), Countess Spencer (1825 - 1877)

Also Known As: "Adelaida Seymore"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Death: October 29, 1877 (52)
Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: Great Brington, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour and Elizabeth Malet Seymour (Palk), Countess of Rochester
Wife of Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
Mother of Lady Victoria Alexandrina Mansfield and Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
Sister of Lt.-Col. Charles Francis Seymour; Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester, GCB and Gertrude Elizabeth Seymour

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About Adelaide Spencer, Dowager Countess Spencer


Adelaide Horatia Elizabeth Seymour was born on 27 January 1825.2 She was the daughter of Colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour and Elizabeth Malet Palk.1 She married Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, son of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer and Lady Lavinia Bingham, on 9 August 1854 at St. James's, London, England.2 She died on 29 October 1877 at age 52 at Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, England.2.

From 9 August 1854, her married name became Spencer.

Children of Adelaide Horatia Elizabeth Seymour and Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer

  1. Lady Victoria Alexandrina Spencer+ b. 1855, d. 13 Mar 1906
  2. Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer+ b. 30 Oct 1857, d. 26 Sep 1922

Adelaide Seymour was the 2nd great grandmother of Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales.

alternate order of names is Elizabeth Georgina / Georgiana Poyntz. alternate birth date is 27 April 1799. alternate birth place is London, Middlesex, England.

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https://thepeerage.com/p10105.htm#i101046 cites
[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1886. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/1, page 157. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.


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Adelaide Spencer, Dowager Countess Spencer's Timeline

1825
January 27, 1825
Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
February 23, 1825
St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
1855
October 22, 1855
Dallington, Northamptonshire, England
1857
October 30, 1857
St James Place, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
1877
October 29, 1877
Age 52
Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
November 3, 1877
Age 52
Plot: Spencer Family Vault, St Mary the Virgin with St John Churchyard, Great Brington, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom