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81. Add MS 75570-75772

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Title:
Papers of the 1st Earl and Countess Spencer. Althorp Papers. Vols. cclxx-cdlxxii. Correspondence and papers of John, 1st Earl Spencer, and his wife Georgiana Margaret, née Poyntz; 1754-1822. The greater part of the archive relates to the Countess, most of the 1st Earl's papers apparently having been destroyed in his lifetime or by his widow. Paper. Two hundred and three volumes, classified as follows: Family and personal correspondence: 75570-75700 Papers relating to charities: 75701-757...
Scope & Content:
Georgiana Margaret Spencer, née Poyntz; wife of John, 1st Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of Georgiana Margaret Spencer: 1754-1822.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1754-1822
Extent:
203 items

82. Add MS 75773-76368

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Title:
Papers of the 2nd Earl Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. cdlxxiii-mlxviii. Correspondence and papers of George John Spencer (1758-1834), Viscount Althorp, 2nd Earl Spencer (1783). Spencer was M.P. for Northampton (1780-1782) and for Surrey (1782-1783); junior lord of the Treasury (March-July 1782); privy councillor and lord keeper of the privy seal (July-Dec. 1794); First Lord of the Admiralty (1794-1801); Secretary of State for the Home Office (1806-1807); Elder Brother of Trinity House (1795-...
Scope & Content:
George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of George John Spencer: 1794-1834.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1640-1948]
Extent:
596 items

83. Add MS 76369-76622

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Title:
Papers of the 3rd Earl Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mlxix-mcccii. Papers of John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp and 3rd Earl Spencer (1782-1845), eldest son of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, with a few papers which were added to the collection after his death; 1802-1876, n.d. Partly copies. Partly printed. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons in Lord Grey's government from 1830-1834, again in Lord Melbourne's first ministry in 1834, and was...
Scope & Content:
John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp; 3rd Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of John Charles Spencer: 1802-1876, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1802-1876
Extent:
254 items

84. Add MS 76623-76644

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Title:
Papers of the Hon. George Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mcccxxiii-mcccxliv. Papers of George Spencer, later Father Ignatius of the Order of Passionists (1799-1864), fifth son of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer; 1814-1829, n.d. Mostly autograph. Mostly academic notebooks, exercise books and papers from his later school years and his years at Trinity College, Cambridge, with sketchbooks, topographical and other notebooks, and a few miscellaneous letters and papers. George Spencer was Re...
Scope & Content:
Hon George Spencer, son of 2nd Earl Spencer; 'Father Ignatius' of the Order of Passionists: Papers, notebooks, etc.,: 1814-1829, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814-1829
Extent:
22 items

85. Add MS 76645-76662

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Title:
Papers of Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer, R. N. Althorp Papers. Vols. mcccxlv-mccclxii. Papers of Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer, R.N. (b. 1791 d.1830), brother of John Charles, 3rd Earl Spencer and Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer; 1819-1830, n.d. Eighteen volumes.
Scope & Content:
Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer, son of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer: Log-books, naval journals, etc.,: 1819-1830, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1819-1830
Extent:
18 items

86. Add MS 76663-76739

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Title:
Papers of the 4th Earl Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mccclxiii-mcdxl. Papers and correspondence of Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer; 1811-1857. Partly French, Greek, Latin, Russian and Spanish. Frederick Spencer, (1798-1857), became 4th Earl Spencer (1 Oct. 1845) on the death of his brother, John Charles, 3rd Earl Spencer, who died without issue. Educated at Eton, the 4th Earl followed his brother Robert into the navy in 1811, also serving under Rear-Admiral Hallowell in the Mediterranean during...
Scope & Content:
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of Frederick Spencer: 1811-1857.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1811-1857
Extent:
77 items

87. Add MS 76740 A-AA

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Title:
Account-Books of 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earls Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mcdxl a-aa. Series of small account books in an unidentified hand recording receipts and payments on behalf of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earls Spencer and other members of the family, most lettered in alphabetical sequence on the front covers, with a new date sequence beginning at `S’; 1826-1851. Twenty-seven volumes. 88 x 153 mm.
Scope & Content:
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of Frederick Spencer: 1811-1857.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1826-1851
Extent:
1 item

88. Add MS 76741-76782

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Title:
Papers of George Appleyard Althorp Papers. Vols. mcdxli-mcdlxxxii. Correspondence and papers of George Appleyard (d. 1855); 1821-1855, n.d. Partly copies, partly drafts, partly printed. He served as secretary and librarian to successive Earls Spencer. The collection comprises letters sent by the Earls Spencer to Appleyard, some letters sent to the Earls which were passed on to Appleyard to deal with, and some letters written by Appleyard, as well as a large number of letters sent to him fro...
Scope & Content:
George Appleyard, Secretary to successive Earls Spencer: Correspondence and papers of George Appleyard: 1821-1855, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821-1855
Extent:
42 items

89. 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

90. Add MS 77842-77896

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Add MS 77842-77896
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

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