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61. Add MS 76783-77841

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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

62. Add MS 77842-77896

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Title:
Seymour Papers Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdxlii-mmdxcvi. Correspondence and papers relating to members of the Seymour family; [circa 1810]-1914, n.d. The Seymours twice married into the Spencer family. In 1854 Adelaide Seymour became the second wife of Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer, while her cousin Charlotte married John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer, in 1858. Most of the material in this section relates to Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour, father of Adelaide, and his family. Fifty five volumes. Britis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1810]-1914
Extent:
55 items

63. Add MS 77897-77916

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Title:
Sir Thomas Biddulph Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdxcvii-mmdcxvi. Correspondence of Sir Thomas Biddulph (1809-1878), Keeper of the Privy Purse (1866-1878), receiver-general of the Duchy of Cornwall (1866-1878), receiver-general of the Duchy of Lancaster (1873-1878). In 1857 Biddulph married Mary Frederica, only daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour by his first wife Lady Mary Gordon. The following year Charlotte Seymour, Frederick's third daughter by his second wife married John Poyntz, 5...
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Biddulph, Keeper of the Privy Purse: Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Biddulph: 1862-1944.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1841-1944]
Extent:
20 items

64. Add MS 77917-77971

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Title:
Papers of Viscount Althorp, afterwards 6th Earl Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdcxvii-mmdclxxi. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Charles Robert Spencer; Viscount Althorp from 1905, 6th Earl Spencer from 1910. The papers chiefly relate to the period before he inherited the earldom.
Scope & Content:
Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of Charles Robert Spencer: 1870-1910.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1870-1922]
Extent:
55 items

65. Add MS 77972-78045

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Title:
Papers relating to houses and Contents Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdclxxii-mmdccxlv. Papers relating to the maintenance, running and contents of the various Spencers houses; 1759-1960. Seventy-three volumes, arranged as follows: Alterations to Althorp and Spencer House 77972-77985 Visitors' Books, Dinner Books, etc.: 77986-78003 Library Catalogues: 78004-78025 Inventories of Furniture and Paintings: 78026-78039 Miscellaneous: 78040-78045
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1759-1960
Extent:
74 items

66. Add MS 78046-78095

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Title:
Game books, Cattle and Stud books.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1784-1954]
Extent:
50 items

67. Add MS 78096-78100

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Title:
Miscellaneous Volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1522-1932]
Extent:
5 items

68. Add MS 78101-78107

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Title:
Abergavenny Papers Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdccci-mmdcccvii. Papers of George Nevill, 13th Lord Abergavenny (or Bergavenny), and his wife, Anne, née Walker; 1706-1743, n.d. It is not known how this archive came to be in the Spencer family papers; there is a possible connection with William Stephen Poyntz and Montagu of Cowdray. Seven volumes.
Scope & Content:
George Nevill, 13th Lord Abergavenny: Anne Nevill, wife of George, 13th Lord Abergavenny: Correspondence and papers of Lord and Lady Abergavenny: 1706-1743, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1706-1743
Extent:
7 items

69. Add MS 78108-78155*

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Title:
Estate Maps and Plans Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdcccviii-mmdccclv. Spencer family maps and plans; 1624-1970, n.d. Estate maps, surveys, architectural drawings, correspondence, terriers, drawings and sketches, and other related papers concerning Spencer family land and properties throughout England. The items are arranged geographically either by county, area of London, or part of Northamptonshire. Maps which cover two or more locations, each of which has an individual volume devoted to it, ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1624-1970
Extent:
48 items

70. Add MS 78168-78271

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Title:
GONSON AND BROWNE 78168-78271. EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. I-CIV. Papers which accrued to the Evelyn archive as the family papers of Mary, wife of John Evelyn (1620-1706) and only surviving child of Sir Richard Browne, Bart (1605-1683). They consist of papers (78168-78171) which descended to Browne through his mother Thomasine (d. 1638) from her father Benjamin Gonson the elder (d. 1577) and grandfather William Gonson (d. 1545), both of whom had been in turn Treasurers of the Navy; further pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1641-1660
Extent:
109 items