Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney (30 April 1785 – 15 May 1846) was an English peer and clergyman, styled The Honourable Spencer Rodney from 1802 until 1843.

Rodney was educated at Westminster School

Westminster School

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 and then matriculated at All Souls College, Oxford

All Souls College, Oxford

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, which presented him to the living of Elmley

Elmley

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, Kent

Kent

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 in 1805. He took his BA from All Souls in 1807 and was elected a Fellow

Fellow

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 of the College; he later took his MA from All Souls in 1811. Rodney was appointed honorary vicar of Wonastow

Wonastow

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, Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire

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 and rector of Luddenham, Kent in 1812. In 1813, he was appointed honorary vicar of Kenchester

Kenchester

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, Herefordshire

Herefordshire

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.

Rodney gave up the rectorate of Elmley in 1818. In 1821, he was appointed vicar of New Romney

New Romney

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, Kent. He received his last preferment in 1833, as honorary rector of Chelsfield

Chelsfield

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, Kent.

In 1843, Spencer succeeded his brother Thomas as Baron Rodney

Baron Rodney

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 and resigned his Fellowship the following year. He died in 1846 at his house in Harley Street

Harley Street

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, and was buried at Eye

Eye, Suffolk

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. His nephew Robert Dennett Rodney, an Army officer, succeeded him in the barony.