Esther (Acklom) Spencer (1788 - 1818)

Born Sep 1788 in Wiseton Hall, Nottinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Charles Spencer — married 13 Apr 1814 in Upper Brook Street, London, England

Died 11 Jun 1818 at age 29 in Halkin Street, Belgravia, London, England

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Biography

Born 1788 Wiseton Hall

Esther Acklom was the only surviving child and heir of Richard Acklom, of Wiseton Hall, and Elizabeth Bernard, of Castle Bernard, Cork, Ireland.

Marriage 1814 Mayfair, London

She married on 13 April 1814 to John Charles Spencer, Viscount Spencer, at Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, London. Cokayne quotes from the Farington Diaries, "in marrying He complied with the wishes of Lord and Lady Spencer, it was not of His own seeking" and from Letter Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope, "since Jack Althorp would not propose to her, she proposed to him; and such an unusual proceeding was fraught with happy consequences ... his devotion after marriage amply compensated for his lack of ardour before."

Death and burial 1818 London

Esther Spencer died on 11 June 1818 at the age of 29 at Halkin Street, Belgravia, London, at the birth of a stillborn child. She was buried on 18 June 1818 in Brington, Northamptonshire. She had been married for just over four years.

Spencer was said to be deeply upset by his wife's death and was devoted to her memory for the rest of his life: he resolved never to remarry, and it is said that he gave up hunting, his favourite pastime, to mark the depth of his loss. He died in 1845.

Sources

Wikipedia, John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer [1]

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