 He converted from Anglicanism to the Roman Catholic Church and entered the Passionist Order in 1847 and spent his life working for the conversion of England to the Catholic faith.George Spencer was born in Admiralty House, London.He was the son of George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, at that time First Lord of the Admiralty, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her two sons, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.