Althorp Papers. Vols. dcxlv-dcxlvii. Letters to Spencer from his son, Robert Cavendish Spencer, R.N. (1791-1830), and his daughter, Lady Georgiana Quin (1794-1823); 1798-1830; 1802-1823. Robert Spencer was educated at Harrow and Cambridge, entered the navy in 1804 and served under Captain Hallowell-Carew (see also 75957-75959), and died of fever at Alexandria in 1830; for his naval papers, see Add. MSS 76645-76662. Lady Georgiana Spencer married Lord George Quin and died in childbirth in 182...
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Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer, son of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer: Letters to his father: 1798-1830.