@prefix xsd: . @prefix wgs84_pos: . @prefix owl: . @prefix rdaGr3: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix skos: . @prefix foaf: . @prefix edm: . @prefix rdaRelGr2: . @prefix ct: . @prefix rdaGr2: . @prefix rel: . @prefix gnd: . @prefix gn: . gn:countryCode "GB"; rdaGr2:nameOfThePerson "Spencer, George John", "Spencer, George John, 2nd Earl", "Spencer, George John, 2nd Earl", "Spencer, George John", "Spencer, George John", "Spencer, George John, 2nd Earl", "Spencer, George", "Spencer, Ignatius", "Spencer, George", "Marlborough, George Spencer, Duke of", "Spencer, George, Duke of Marlborough (4th)", "Marlborough, George Spencer, IV., Duke of"; skos:note "Second Earl Spencer. Politician and book collector. Born at Wimbledon Park, Surrey, 1758. Took the courtesy title Viscount Althorp 1765 when his father was elevated to an earldom. Privately tutored 1765-70, educated at Harrow 1770-75, admitted Trinity Coll., Cambridge 1776, M.A., 1778. Grand tour of Europe 1778-80. Fellow of the Royal Society 1780. Returned to parliament for Northampton 1780, for Surrey 1782. Junior lord of the Treasury 1782. Succeeded to the earldom 1783. High steward of St Albans 1783. Honorary D.C.L., Oxford, 1793. Joined the government of Pitt, 1794. Lord keeper of the privy seal July 1794. Ambassador-extraordinary to Vienna 1794. First lord of the Admiralty December 1794. Early patron of Isambard Brunel. Left the Admiralty 1801. Home secretary 1806. Retired from national politics 1807. From 1807 onwards, devoted his life to local affairs and his literary, philanthropic and scientific interests. Collected the greatest private library in Europe: by 1834, the library consisted of 40,000 volumes valued at"@en, "politico britannico e noto bibliofilo, particolarmente interessato alle prime edizioni dei classici; nel 1781 sposò Lavinia Bingham <1762-1831>. La ricca raccolta libraria della sua famiglia fu venduta in varie aste e alla fine dell'Ottocento confluì in massima parte nella collezione di John Rylands. Della sua collezione furono redatti tre cataloghi da Thomas Frognall Dibdin: Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions in the library of George John Earl Spencer, 1814-1815, 4 v.; Aedes althorpianae; or An account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John Earl Spencer, K.G. To which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana by the rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, f.r.s. s.a. librarian to his lordship, 822, 2v.; A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, lately forming part of the library of the duke di Cassano Serra, and now the property of George John earl Spencer, K.G. with a general index of authors and editions contained in the present volume, and in the Bibliotheca Spenceriana and Ædes Althorpianæ, 1823."@it, "2. Earl Spencer; brit. Whig-Politiker; Bibliophiler"@de, "Admiral, Grossbritannien"@de, "Note de regroupement par domaine: Religion (200)"@fr, "Pasteur anglican en 1824, converti au catholicisme en janvier 1830, ordonné prêtre en mai 1832, entré dans la congrégation des passionistes en 1846"@fr, "4e duc de Marlborough"@fr, "Note de regroupement par domaine: Histoire de l'Europe (940)"@fr; foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf , ; rdaGr2:variantNameForThePerson "Spencer, George", "Althorp Library", "Spencer, Earl", "Spencer, George J.", "Spencer, 2nd Earl of", "Ignace, Père, passioniste", "Ignatius of St Paul", "Marlborough, Duc de", "Marlborough, Duke of", "Marlburiensis, Dux", "Duke of Marlborough, George Spencer", "Marlborough, Duke", "Marlborough, George Spencer ¬of¬ ", "Spencer, George, Duke of Marlborough", "Spencer of Marlborough, George, IV., Duke"; rdaGr2:dateOfBirth "1758"^^xsd:gYear, "1758"^^xsd:gYear, "1758"^^xsd:gYear, "1758"^^xsd:gYear, "1799"^^xsd:gYear, "1739"^^xsd:gYear, "1739"^^xsd:gYear, "1739"^^xsd:gYear; gnd:publicationOfThePerson "Dibdin, Thomas F.: Aedes Althorpianae; or an account of the mansion, books and pictures, *. - 1822", "Dibdin, Thomas F.: Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or a descriptive catalogue of the bookss prin", "Spencer, George J.: Private Papers of George, second Earl Spencer, first Lord of the admi", "Spencer, George: Rede, gehalten in der Pfarrkirche zum heiligen Jacob zu Dieppe, am 28. O*. - 1840", "T076009: his House of Lords ... The most noble George Duke of Marlborough ... respondents, 1763"; ct:geographicNote "Großbritannien"@de, "United Kingdom"@en, "Carstairs, GB"@fr, "Londres"@fr; rdaGr2:dateOfDeath "1834"^^xsd:gYear, "1834"^^xsd:gYear, "1834"^^xsd:gYear, "1834"^^xsd:gYear, "1864"^^xsd:gYear, "1817"^^xsd:gYear, "1817"^^xsd:gYear, "1817"^^xsd:gYear; rdaGr2:gender ; rdaGr2:biographicalInformation "1758-1834"@en, "1758-1834"@it, "01.09.1758-10.11.1834"@de, "1758-1834", "21.12.1799-01.10.1864"@en, "1799-1864"@fr, "26.01.1739-29.01.1817"@en, "1739-1817"@fr, "26.1.1739-29.1.1817"@de, "26.01.1739-29.01.1817"@de; owl:sameAs , , , , , , , , , , , , gnd:101164548, , , , gnd:10057288X, , , , gnd:134188098, , ; rdaGr2:fieldOfActivityOfThePerson "2nd Earl"@de, "Personen der Geschichte (Politiker und historische Persönlichkeiten) (16.5p)"@de, "Adel"@de, "Graf"@de, "Bibliophiler"@de, "Politiker"@de, "English"@en, "Auteur"@fr, "Personen zu Kunstwissenschaft, Kunsthistoriker (13.1bp)"@de, "Herzog"@de, "Sammler"@de, "Politiker"@de; rdf:type .