Talk:Spencer family
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The definition here seems a bit wrong-headed. The "Spencer family" would ordinarily mean the descendants in male line only of a given Spencer (i.e., members of the "Spencer family" would ordinarily be presumed to have the surname "Spencer"). It may be reasonable to have an article about a given Spencer family (e.g., the Earls Spencer) but it does not seem reasonable to me to list every descendent, or even every notable descendent of Henry Spencer. -- Someone else 07:58 Feb 22, 2003 (UTC)
Don't forget the Earl Spencer (the 5th perhaps?) who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the 1880s at the time of the notorious Phoenix Park murders? JTD 08:31 Feb 22, 2003 (UTC)
- Don't know whose idea the page was, but I think it's got a lot going for it, as long as it doesn't go into too much genealogical detail. These Spencers certainly do get about. Deb 21:53 Feb 23, 2003 (UTC)
- It was originally started by Imran, but I'm not really sure where it can go from here. I suppose it could be about the various peerages that the family ended up with, and the members of those families, but listing non-Spencer descendants could get out of control, if it isn't already! You could come up with similar lists of notable descendants for any family that was well enough documented, but it would look a bit odd if articles like this ended up all over the Wikipedia... So I don't really know if it should be here. -- Oliver P. 22:04 Feb 23, 2003 (UTC)