Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer Countess Spencer DCVO OBE (16 August 1897 – 4 December 1972) known as Lady Cynthia Hamilton until her marriage and from then as Viscountess Althorp until 1922 when her husband inherited his father’s title of Earl Spencer was a British peeress and the paternal grandmother of Diana Princess of Wales.
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birth date
1897-08-16
death date
1972-12-04
death place
England, Northamptonshire, Althorp
parent
James Hamilton 3rd Duke of Abercorn, Rosalind Hamilton Duchess of Abercorn