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Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer KCH (1791–1830) was an English officer of the Royal Navy. Well connected by birth, he made a naval career, which attracted the sons of the nobility and also of those from naval backgrounds, to serve under him and, despite liberal politics, worked as a reforming administrator with the future William IV ...
The Hon. Robert Cavendish Spencer was born Oct. 24, 1791; and he appears to have commenced his naval career in Aug. 1804, at which period we find him embarking as midshipman on board the Tigre 80, Captain Benjamin Hallowell, under whom he continued to serve, in that ship and the Malta 84, until he received an order to take charge of the Pelorus ...
17 dic 2017 · Entertainment. December 17, 2017 | Christopher Grech 3 min read. Spencer’s tomb on Spencer Bastion, Valletta, today. Many British servicemen lie buried in Malta, yet one, Robert Cavendish...
Biography. Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer (1791–1830), naval officer, born on 24 October 1791, was the third son of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, and his wife, Lady Lavinia, eldest daughter of Charles Bingham, first Earl Lucan, and the brother of Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer. He was educated at Harrow School.
- October 24, 1791
- November 4, 1830
The Spencer Monument is a restored obelisk monument on the way to Valletta, in Blata l-Bajda, Malta, erected for Captain Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer, R.N., a cousin of the Governor of Malta, Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1783–1837).
11 gen 2015 · Because he was multilingual and adept at spying, the 23-year-old Capt. Robert Cavendish Spencer, an ancestor of the current British royal family, was one of the most valuable assets the British forces had during their 1814-1815 campaign to take New Orleans during the War of 1812.
Captain Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer Many British servicemen lie buried in Malta, yet one, Robert Cavendish Spencer, has been rewarded with two monuments: one at Elata 1-Bajda and the other in Valletta. This article investigates who this naval officer was and why he was honoured in this way. Captain Sir Robert Cavendish
