Earl Spencer (1799 ship)

The Earl Spencer was a merchant ship built in Calcutta, India, in 1799. She primarily traded between India and England, often carrying goods for the British East India Company, although she was not formally an East Indiaman. Records show her making several voyages under license from the Company. Details about her specific construction, dimensions, and fate are limited in easily accessible records, but she is known to have been engaged in general trade in the Indian Ocean and across the Atlantic. The ship's namesake was likely George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, a prominent British statesman and First Lord of the Admiralty during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.