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Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, KG, PC (5 September 1641 – 28 September 1702) was an English nobleman and politician of the Spencer family. An able and gifted statesman, his caustic temper and belief in absolute monarchy nevertheless made him numerous enemies. He was forced to flee England in 1688, but later established himself with the new regime after the Revolution of that year. Subsequently, he took on a more disinterested role as an adviser to the Crown, seeking neither office nor favour. He evinced no party loyalty, but was devoted to his country's interests, as he saw them. By the notoriously lax standards of the Restoration Court, his private life was remarkably free from scandal, which won him favour in the more sober post-Revolution state.
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Robert Spencer 5 September 1641 Paris, France
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28 September 1702 (aged 61)
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Robert 1st child with Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (d. 1715) Male b. 1666 Age: 359 1666- Celebrity Baby -
Anne 2nd child with Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (d. 1715) Female b. 1667 Age: 358 1667- Celebrity Baby
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Isabella 3rd child with Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (d. 1715) Female b. 1668 Age: 357 1668- Celebrity Baby
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Elizabeth 4th child with Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (d. 1715) Female b. 1671 Age: 354 1671- Celebrity Baby
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Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland 5th child with Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (d. 1715) Male b. 23 Apr 1675 d. 19 Apr 1722 Age: 46 (at death) 1675-1722 Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
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