1. Add MS 76783-77841
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 76783-77841
- Title:
- Papers of the 5th Earl Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mcdlxxxiii-mmdxli. The career of the Liberal politician John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, covered the last four decades of the 19th century and the opening years of the 20th century, an era largely dominated by W. E. Gladstone and by the politics of empire, domestic reform and Ireland. Famous for his bushy red beard which gave him his nickname, ‘The Red Earl’, he served in all of Gladstone’s four governments, for the full term of eac...
- Scope & Content:
- John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of John Poyntz Spencer: 1835-1910.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1868-1895
- Extent:
- 1059 items