SPENCER, ROBERT [SSNE 1542]

Surname
SPENCER
First name
ROBERT
Title/rank
BARON SPENCER OF WORMLEIGHTON
Nationality
ENGLISH
Region
WORMLEIGHTON
Social status
NOBILITY

Text source

Robert Spencer, reputedly England's richest man, travelled to Wurtenburg in 1603 to invest the Duke with the order of the Garter.

DNB; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990).

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, WURTTEMBURG
Arrived 1603-09-06
Departed 1603-12-24
Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY