Miscellaneous Papers. Althorp Papers. Vols. cdxxxv-cdxlv. The subject grouping devised by Lady Spencer herself in her widowhood has been retained as far as possible, the main exceptions being the papers in the hand of Rachel Lloyd, which have been returned to her collection of papers in C14-29 above. Twelve volumes.
Mission to Vienna Althorp Papers. Vols. cdlxxiii, cdlxxiv. Correspondence and papers concerning Lord Spencer's mission to Vienna; 1794. Partly French. Spencer was appointed by Pitt the Younger and Lord Grenville as Ambassador Extraordinary. to Vienna between July and December 1794 to negotiate Austrian cooperation for the defence of the Netherlands against French invasion. He was accompanied by Thomas Grenville (Lord Grenville’s brother). An enclosure and an introductory note by Cavendish S...
Admiralty Althorp Papers. Vols. cdlxxv-dlxviii. Correspondence and papers of Spencer as First Lord of the Admiralty; 1640-1801, but chiefly 1794-1801. Partly copies. Partly French. Many letters have a paper guard attached with a summary indicating their author, date and subject. Those numbered in red were bound in to an earlier volume. Many are endorsed with the writer's name and date and some have their bottom right-hand corner folded over in the Admiralty tradition to allow for a draft re...
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Admiralty: Correspondence and papers of 2nd Lord Spencer as First Lord: 1794-1801.
Home Office Althorp Papers. Vols. dlxix-dcix. Correspondence and papers of Lord Spencer as Secretary of State for the Home Office, in Grenville’s ‘Ministry of All the Talents’ (Feb. 1806-March 1807); 1803-1807, but chiefly Feb. 1806 to March 1807, n.d. Partly French. Many are endorsed with the writer's name and date; numbers in the top left-hand corner apparently indicate dates of reply. Spencer's secretary, Rev. Joseph Allen, was responsible for writing the majority of responses. Thirty-s...
General Correspondence. 75952-76153. Althorp Papers. Vols. dclii-dcccliv. Correspondence with individuals not of Spencer's immediate family and not concerned wholly with his official duties. Long sequences from a single correspondent are grouped together under the following broad content classifications; the remainder are arranged chronologically. Two hundred and three volumes. Classified as follows:
Northamptonshire Yeomanry Althorp Papers. Vols. mxlvi-mlxviii. Correspondence and papers relating to the Northamptonshire Yeomanry regiment of cavalry, consisting of thirteen troops, which was originally established in 1793 to act as a mounted volunteer force to support the militia. The troops had been created from eight districts namely, Northampton, Peterborough, Kettering, Oundle, Daventry, Brackley, Wellingborough and Towcester. Three more troops were added by 1800, as Northampton troop...
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Northamptonshire: Correspondence and papers of 2nd Lord Spencer rel. to the Northamptonshire Yeomanry: 1783-1828.
Correspondence Althorp Papers. Vols. mlxix-mxcii. Correspondence; 1823-1875, n.d. Most of the autograph letters of Lord Althorp appear to be originals, presumably returned by the recipients or their families. Most of the copies of his letters are by his private secretary from 1830-1833, Henry Wickham; a few are in the hand of his later private secretary, Thomas Drummond (1833-1834). The groups of letters in first eight volumes have been separated from the main body of correspondence on acco...