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  • Robert Spencer
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  • Robert Spencer was a captain in the Royal Navy during the War of 1812. He and Lt. John Peddie engaged in scouted the area of Bayou Bienvenu, and determined it to be a suitable point for landing British troops. This scouting included disguising themselves as civilians, and hiring a pirogue, which carried them to the plantation of Jacques VillerĂ©, which they decided would be the best landing point. Spencer was a son of the Earl Spencer. Aside from this, nothing about Spencer's life is readily available.
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  • Contemporary reference
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  • 1812
Name
  • John Spencer
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  • Robert Spencer was a captain in the Royal Navy during the War of 1812. He and Lt. John Peddie engaged in scouted the area of Bayou Bienvenu, and determined it to be a suitable point for landing British troops. This scouting included disguising themselves as civilians, and hiring a pirogue, which carried them to the plantation of Jacques VillerĂ©, which they decided would be the best landing point. Spencer was a son of the Earl Spencer. Aside from this, nothing about Spencer's life is readily available.