Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp

Louis Frederick John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (born 14 March 1994), is a British aristocrat and eldest son and heir of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer. He is the nephew of Diana, Princess of Wales, the first wife of King Charles III, and the first cousin of William, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.

Early life

He was born at St Mary's Hospital, London in Westminster, London, the fourth child and eldest son of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, and his first wife, Victoria Lockwood. A nephew of Diana, Princess of Wales, and a first cousin of the Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, he is the heir apparent to the Spencer earldom.

A year after he was born, his family moved to Cape Town in South Africa, where he grew up. Lord Althorp was a pupil at Diocesan College in Cape Town, and later enrolled at the University of Edinburgh. He graduated from Arts Educational Schools in London, on 6 September 2022, as the valedictorian.

Viscount Althorp

English primogeniture law dictates that Lord Althorp, not his elder sister, Lady Kitty Spencer, who is her father's firstborn child, will inherit the Spencer title. Property is divisible separately, but most peers choose to keep property and title combined.

References

1. Earl Spencer (title)
2. Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
3. Spencer family
4. Lady Kitty Spencer
5. Althorp
6. Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer
7. John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
8. Louis (given name)
9. Victoria Aitken
10. Michael Lewis (businessman)
11. Duke of Marlborough (title)
12. St Mary's Hospital, London
13. Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
14. List of earls in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
15. Diana, Princess of Wales
16. Charlotte Spencer, Countess Spencer
17. List of people with surname Spencer
18. Arts Educational Schools
19. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
20. Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland