He continued: “Frederick married his second cousin, Georgiana Poyntz, in 1830 and was widowed 21 years later. He married again in 1854 – his second wife was Adelaide Seymour. There were three children from the first marriage – none of whom had children of their own. His son from his second marriage, Bobby, was my great-grandfather. Sadly, Frederick brought strict naval discipline into the home, supposedly locking any of his children who he judged to have badly misbehaved in the cavity below Althorp’s main staircase. In turn, one of his children recorded with glee Frederick trying their pogo stick – and being flung by it into a ditch. He died in 1857, soon after hosting a magnificent ball for Queen Victoria at @spencer.house in London.”
“Thank you for letting us share in some more of your family history,” wrote one fan, with others chiming in, “I love these little stories you tell about your ancestors. I can’t imagine being locked under that staircase,” and “I love history reels!”
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