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Sunderland, Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of 1675-1722
English statesman

He became Secretary of State in 1706 and under George I rose to be all-powerful, but was forced to resign in 1721 through public indignation at his part in the South Sea Bubble. His grandson, John (1734-83), was created 1st Earl Spencer in 1765.