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The
wedding between Lady Diana Spencer held many very special moments,
one of which was the evident pride shown by Earl Spencer as he
escorted his daughter down the aisle to marry her prince.
Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer was born at 24 Sussex
Square, London, England, the son of Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th
Earl Spencer (1892-1975) and his wife, the former Cynthia Elinor
Beatrix Hamilton (1897-1972), daughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn.
On June 1, 1954 in Westminster Abbey he married Frances Ruth
Burke-Roche, daughter of Edmund Maurice Burke-Roche, 4th Baron
Fermoy (1885-1955). They had five children:
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Elizabeth Sarah
Lavinia (March 15, 1955), who married Neil Edmund McCorquodale
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Cynthia Jane (February
11, 1957), who married Sir Robert Fellowes, later Baron Fellowes
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John, who died within
10 hours of his birth on January 12, 1960
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Diana Frances Spencer
(1961-1997), wife of Charles, Prince of Wales
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Charles Edward Maurice
Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (May 20, 1964), who married Victoria
Lockwood, then Caroline Freud (the latter formerly wife of Matthew
Freud)
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In April 1969 the
Spencers were divorced and Lord Spencer
won the custody battle for the children.
He became romantically involved with Raine McCorquodale, daughter of
romance novelist Barbara Cartland, who was at the time wife of
Gerald Legge, 9th Earl Dartmouth. Shortly after her divorce, they
wed on July 14, 1969.
Lord Spencer died at Humana Hospital, Wellington, London.
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