title: Earl Spencer
text: # Earl Spencer
  
  Earl Spencer may refer to:
  
  ## People, non-peerage
  
  * Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. (1888–1950), United States Navy pilot; first husband of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
  * Earle Spencer (1925–1973), American big band leader from the late 1940s
  
  ## Peerage
  
  * Earl Spencer (peerage), title in the peerage of Great Britain
  
     * John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (1734–1783), a grandson of the 3rd Earl of Sunderland through his third and youngest son
  
     * George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834), politician
  
     * John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer (1782–1845), politician, better known as Lord Althorp
  
     * Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798–1857), naval commander
  
     * John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (1835–1910), politician
  
     * Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer (1857–1922), courtier and politician
  
     * Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892–1975), army officer and politician
  
     * John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992), father of Diana, Princess of Wales
  
     * Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (born 1964), younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales
  
  ## Vessels
  
  * Earl Spencer (ship)
  