John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, Member of Parliament
Dates: 19 December 1734 – 31 October 1783
Biography
John Spencer was a British peer and landowner, created Earl Spencer in 1765. He is identified in Canterbury Cathedral Archives as the Earl Spencer named in the 1783 Agney lease and counterpart.
Notes / Sources
The archival record supports a leasehold connection to Agney, not a transfer of the Dean and Chapter's freehold.
Research sources:
- Canterbury Cathedral Archives, U63/69865, Lease and counterpart to Earl Spencer, 1783, as cited in the published study of the Thornhurst and Temple families. — https://kar.kent.ac.uk/106479/1/198matthews2024marfinal.pdf
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Spencer,_1st_Earl_Spencer
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