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[[File:Rt. Rev. G T Spencer, D.D (Penny, 1912, p.46).png|thumb|right|Spencer (1922), from Frank Penny's Book 'The Church in Madras, Volume III<ref name=Penny>{{cite book|last1=Penny|first1=Frank|title=The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras From 1835 to 1861: Volume III|date=1922|publisher=John Murray|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/churchinmadrasbe03penn/page/210 210]|url=https://archive.org/details/churchinmadrasbe03penn|accessdate=9 February 2015}}</ref>]]

'''George John Trevor Spencer''' (11 December 1799 – 16 July 1866)<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p10611.htm thePeerage.com]</ref> was an [[Anglican]] bishop in the 19th century and a member of the [[Spencer family]].

==Life==
He was the son of [[William Spencer (poet)|William Spencer]] (1769–1834), younger son of [[Lord Charles Spencer]], and a great-grandson of [[Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough]]. He was educated at [[University College, Oxford]] (BA 1822, DD 1847), made deacon 1823 by the [[Bishop of Lincoln]] and ordained priest by the [[Bishop of Salisbury]] in 1824. He became [[Perpetual curate]] of [[Buxton]] until 1829, when he became Rector of [[Leaden Roding]] until<ref name="crock61">''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]]'' appendix, 1861. ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6AcFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA38 p. 38])</ref> his appointment as the [[Anglican Bishop of Madras|Bishop of Madras]] in 1837. He was also awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Divinity]] (DD).<ref>''[[The Times]]'', Thursday, 17 June 1847; page 6; Issue 19578; col F "University Intelligence. Oxford, 16 June"</ref> The post came through the influence of [[John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton]], his brother-in-law.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|id=26126|title=Spencer, George Trevor|first=Clare|last=Brown}}</ref>

Resigning his [[Episcopal see|See]] in 1849, he was afterwards [[Minister (religion)|minister]] of the Marbœuf Chapel (English Protestant) in [[Paris]]; an [[assistant Bishop of Bath and Wells]] (4 October 1852{{snd}}10 May 1853) and commissary during Bagot's illness;<ref>{{Church Times | title = The late Bishop Spencer | archive = 1866_07_28_242 | issue = 182 | date = 28 July 1866 | page = 242 | accessed = 16 March 2020 }}</ref> and then [[Chancellor (ecclesiastical)|Chancellor]] of [[St Paul's Cathedral]]<ref>"The New Chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral"; ''[[The Morning Post]]'' (London, England), Tuesday, 20 November 1860; p. 5; Issue 27122.</ref> from 1860.<ref name="crock61" /> His last post was as [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Walton on the Wolds]], [[Leicestershire]].<ref>''[[Derby Mercury]]'' (Derby, England), Wednesday, 26 June 1861; Issue 6744</ref>

==Family==
Spencer married in 1823 Harriet Theodora, daughter of [[Benjamin Hobhouse]]. They had two sons and three daughters.<ref name="ODNB"/>
Spencer's brother [[Aubrey Spencer]] (1795–1872) became first [[Bishop of Newfoundland]] in 1839, then [[Bishop of Jamaica]].

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