When Lady Anne Spencer was born on 5 November 1773, in Althorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough, Earl of Sunderland, was 34 and her mother, Lady Caroline Russell Duchess of Marlborough, was 30. She married Cropley Ashley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl of Shaftesbury on 10 December 1796, in Hurst, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 7 August 1865, in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 91, and was buried in St Giles' Church, Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
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The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
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English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name for someone who dispensed provisions or money, from Middle English spenser(e), spencer(e) ‘household steward, butler, almoner’ (Anglo-Norman French espenser, Old French despensier). Compare Spence and Spender . There is some dispute about the origins of the Spencer family, whose most famous member in recent times was the late Princess of Wales, born Lady Diana Spencer (1961–97). Some sources say that they are descended from William the Conqueror's steward, Robert Despencer. What is clear is that by the 15th century they had become prosperous from sheep farming in Northamptonshire. Robert Spencer (died 1627) was said to be the wealthiest man in England. Their titles have included Earls of Sunderland and Earls Spencer; and through the female line the 5th Earl of Sunderland also became Duke of Marlborough in 1733. This connection was the result of the marriage, in 1700, of the 3rd Duke of Sunderland to the daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. The youngest son of this union, John Spencer (1708–46), was the father of the 1st Earl Spencer (1734–83).
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