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unusual facts about Earl Spencer



Birmingham Press Club

Members include print journalists from newspapers and magazines, as well as those from radio and television from around the Midlands, while several prominent figures have been inducted as honorary members, including journalists Ludovic Kennedy and Michael Parkinson, as well as Earl Spencer, the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

John Caius the Elder

Three copies of the book are now known—two in the British Museum and a third in Earl Spencer's library at Althorp.

North Creake

Most of the agricultural land surrounding the village, and many of the village houses, today belong to the estate of the Earl Spencer, who consequently has significant influence on village matters, although his family seat is many miles away in Althorp, Northamptonshire.

Ryeland

With the help of a government grant from Earl Spencer, Low set up the agricultural museum in Edinburgh and commissioned William Shiels of the Royal Scottish Academy to produce these beautiful paintings of all the significant breeds of economic significance in Great Britain at that time.

Thomas Moore Musgrave

Lord Minto gave him the position of Secretary to the Government of Ireland, in which he served one term, afterwards returning to the Aliens Office post, which Earl Spencer had kept open for him.

Tim Boswell

Within his former constituency are Silverstone, the home of the British Grand Prix; Althorp, the childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales and her brother the Earl Spencer; and Thenford, the village of the mansion home of Michael Heseltine.


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John Stapleton

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Earl Spencer, Princess Michael of Kent, the former South African president FW De Klerk, the author Maya Angelou and Coronation Street's William Roache were amongst his many guests.