Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, styled The Honourable Charles Spencer until 1905 and known as Viscount Althorp between 1905 and 1910, was a British courtier and Liberal politician from the Spencer family. An MP from 1880 to 1895 and again from 1900 to 1905, he served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1892 to 1895. Raised to the peerage as Viscount Althorp in 1905, he was Lord Chamberlain from 1905 to 1912 in the Liberal administrations headed by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith. In 1910, he succeeded his half-brother as Earl Spencer. He was married to Margaret Baring, a member of the Baring family.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 27th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 25th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 24th Parliament of the United Kingdom
