List of Famous people with last name Despencer

Margery (Margaret) le Despenser, de jure suo jure 3rd Baroness le Despenser, was the daughter and heiress of Philip le Despenser, 2nd Baron le Despenser. She was born about 1397 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, and married John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros. He died without heirs, and she married secondly Roger Wentworth of Nettlestead, Esq. (d.1452), son of John Wentworth of North Elmsall.

Philip le Despenser, 2nd Baron le Despenser was the son and heir of Philip le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser. Philip was aged 36 and more at the death of his father Philip le Despenser in 1401, having been knighted in 1385.

Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer, PC, FRS was an English politician and rake, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1762–1763) and founder of the Hellfire Club.