Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp


Louis Frederick John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, is a British aristocrat who is a member of the Spencer family.

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 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, he is the heir apparent to the Spencer earldom.
Lord Althorp was a pupil at Diocesan College in Cape Town, and later enrolled at the University of Edinburgh.

Viscount Althorp

English primogeniture law dictates that Lord Althorp, not his eldest sister, Lady Kitty Spencer, will inherit their father's estates and title.