The Countess Spencer as the Countess of Lennox during the Devonshire House Ball, 1897.

Charlotte Frances Frederica Spencer VA (née Seymour) (28 September 1835–31 October 1903) was a a daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour (a son of Lord Hugh Seymour) and Lady Augusta Hervey (a daughter of the 1st Marquess of Bristol). On 8 July 1858, Charlotte married the 5th Earl Spencer and became Countess Spencer. Although from a Conservative background, she supported her husband during his political years and her diaries contain memoranda on Fenianism and the Eastern Question. Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox click for larger version Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (October 8, 1515 - March 7, 1578) was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, (daughter of Henry VII of England and widow of James IV of Scotland) Margaret was born at... A ball at Devonshire House in 1850. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert was a British Royal Family Order instituted in 1862 by Queen Victoria. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (October 2, 1769 - February 15, 1859) was the younger son of the 4th Earl of Bristol. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, KG (1835 – 1910) (known as the Red Earl because of his distinctive long red beard) was a British Liberal Party politician under and close friend of British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... The Fenian movement had its origins in small protest groups that led attacks against the British landlords in Ireland. ... The Eastern Question, in European history, encompasses the diplomatic and political problems posed by the decay of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). ...