Victor Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill

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The Viscount Churchill by Leslie Ward, 1904.
The Viscount Churchill by Leslie Ward, 1904.

Major Victor Albert Francis Charles Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill GCVO JP (23 October 18643 January 1934) was a British peer and courtier.

Spencer was born at 32 Albemarle Street, London, the son of the 2nd Baron Churchill and his wife, Jane. He was a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria from 1876 to 1881 and in 1886, he succeeded to his father's title of Baron Churchill. On 1 January 1887, he married Lady Verena Maud Lowther, the daughter of the 3rd Earl of Lonsdale at Cottesmore, Rutland and they had four children. The couple were divorced in 1927 and Spencer married Christine McRae Sinclair and they had two children.

Spencer had also been a Lord in Waiting from 1889 to 1892 and 1895 to 1905 in both of Salisbury's governments and was created Viscount Churchill on 14 July 1902. He was also chairman and director of several transport companies, including the Great Western Railway, the British India Steamship Company, P&O and the Grand Union Canal.

Court offices
Preceded by
Victor Biddulph
Page of Honour
1876–1881
Succeeded by
Percy Cust
Preceded by
The Lord Chesham
His Majesty's Representative at Ascot
1901–1934
Succeeded by
The Lord Hamilton of Dalzell
Political offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Hopetoun
Lord-in-Waiting
1889–1892
Succeeded by
The Lord Playfair
Preceded by
The Lord Camoys
Lord-in-Waiting
1895–1892
Succeeded by
The Lord Denman
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Francis Spencer
Baron Churchill
1886–1934
Succeeded by
Victor Spencer
Preceded by
New creation
Viscount Churchill
1902–1934
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