SPENCER, ROBERT [SSNE 1542]

Surname

SPENCER

First name

ROBERT

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

Departed 1603-12-24

Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY