Althorp Papers. Vols. dliii-dlxviii. Despatches to Spencer on Admiralty matters;1794-1801. Copies of letters from the preceding sequence; Sixteen bound volumes, blue cloth binding, lettered in gold. Fifteen volumes measure 339mm x 208mm and one 272mm x 220mm.
Althorp Papers. Vols. dlxxi-dlxxxiii. Correspondence and papers arising from the Commission of Enquiry established to investigate the sexual conduct of Caroline, Princess of Wales, known as the 'Delicate Investigation'; 1806-1807. The Commission comprised the Prime Minister Lord Grenville, Spencer as Home Secretary, the Lord Chancellor Erskine and the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Ellenborough. It concluded with the recommendation to the King to give her `a serious admonition' to be more circumsp...
Althorp Papers. Vols. dlxxxix, dxc. Correspondence relating to Trinity House and Charterhouse, individuals on the Pension List and the Poor Knights of Windsor; 1806-1807. Two volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. dxci, dxcii. Correspondence relating to the yeomanry and militia, including the issue of military commissions, organisational matters, the Training Act, and pay and conditions; 1803-1807, but chiefly Feb. 1806-March 1807. Spencer served as Colonel for the Northamptonshire yeomanry. See also Add. MSS 76346-76368 below. Two volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. dxciii-dxcvi. Correspondence relating to parliamentary legislation and day-to-day business with cabinet members; 1804 (but chiefly March 1806)-1810. Four volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. dxcvii, dxcviii. Correspondence of and relating to French citizens seeking residence in Great Britain; 1803 (but predominantly Feb. 1806)-1807. There is also some correspondence relating to the growth of Roman Catholicism as a result. The Aliens Acts of 1793 and 1798 established a system of registration of aliens by means of declarations signed by them at ports of entry and certified into the Home Office by Customs Officers. In 1793 a superintendent of Aliens was appoin...
Althorp Papers. Vols. dxcix, dc. Correspondence relating to the day-to-day functions of the Criminal Department; 1806-1807. This originated in 1800, to deal with prosecutions, prisons, the police and related matters, including criminal lunatics, extradition matters, processing the prerogative of mercy, producing statistical information concerning criminals and the police and the publication of the Police Gazette and Hue and Cry. In 1802 an inspector was appointed to manage the hulks on the T...