Charlotte Spencer
British countess
Died when: 68 years 33 days (817 months)Star Sign: Libra
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Charlotte Frances Frederica Spencer, Countess Spencer, VA (née Seymour; 28 September 1835 – 31 October 1903) was a British philanthropist.Born in the London residence of her maternal grandfather, the 1st Marquess of Bristol, she was the youngest daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour and his second wife Lady Augusta Hervey.
In 1858 Charlotte married John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer; they had no children.Lady Spencer was active in philanthropic causes.In the 1860s she founded the Supplemental Ladies Association, an organisation of upper-class women that "adopted" missions within poorer areas of the East End of London and allowed them to appeal directly to the group for material aid.
She later published a book documenting her observations of this work.
