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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 75901-75907
Title:: Althorp Papers. Vols. dci-dcvii. Correspondence relating to the day- to-day affairs and political situation in Ireland; 1806-1807. The position of Lord Lieutenant for Ireland was held by the Duke of Bedford, whilst William Elliot served as Chief Secretary. Also included is correspondence between Sarah Curran, (fl.1803), a renowned beauty, and her fiancé Robert Emmet (1778-1803) a United Irishman, who was involved in an insurrection which took place at Dublin Castle on the 23rd July 1803, and...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1806-1807
Extent:: 7 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 75908-75910
Title:: Althorp Papers. Vols. dcviii-dcx. Correspondence relating to the conduct of business between Scotland and England, including the ‘Representative Peerage of Scotland’ 1785-1807, predominantly Feb. 1806-March 1807. Henry Erskine, Lord Advocate, was responsible for Scottish affairs at this period. Three volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1785-1807
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 75911-75922
Title:: Althorp Papers. Vols. dcxi-dcxxii. Letters to Spencer from his mother, (Margaret) Georgiana, Countess Spencer; 1769-1813. Content includes family news, patronage recommendations, local politics, the weather and travels in Europe between August 1792 and January 1793. The letters for 1791 are missing; those of 1792 have been numbered to ensure that all were received and read in order; nos 32-54 of this sequence are also missing. Twelve volumes.
Scope & Content:: Georgiana Margaret Spencer, née Poyntz; wife of John, 1st Earl Spencer: Letters to 2nd Lord Spencer: 1769-1813.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1769-1813
Extent:: 12 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 75923-75924
Title:: Althorp Papers. Vols. dcxxiii, dcxxiv. Letters to Spencer from his sister, Georgiana, wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1757-1806); 1777-1806. Content includes family news, local politics and debts. Some letters are published in Georgiana: Extracts from the Correspondence of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire ed. the Earl of Bessborough (1955). Two volumes.
Scope & Content:: Georgiana Cavendish, née Spencer; 1st wife of William, 5th Duke of Devonshire: Letters to her brother, 2nd Lord Spencer: 1777-1806.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1777-1806
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 75926-75938
Title:: Althorp Papers. Vol. dcxxvi-dcxxxviii. Letters to Spencer from his wife, Lavinia, née Bingham (1762-1831; 1781-1830. Content includes discussion of family health/news, local politics, domestic affairs and the weather. 1781-1830. Partly French and Latin. Thirteen volumes.
Scope & Content:: Lavinia Spencer, née Bingham; wife of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer: Letters to her husband: 1781-1830.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1781-1830
Extent:: 13 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 75939-75941
Title:: Althorp Papers. Vols. dcxxxix-dcxli. Letters to his parents from John Charles, (1782-1845) Viscount Althorp, afterwards 3rd Earl Spencer; 1789-1834. He was M.P. for Northamptonshire from 1806-1834, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons, 1830-1834, and the main government spokesman during the debates on the Reform Bill, 1831-1832. Content includes family news, school and university affairs, travels in Italy, local and national politics, the Northamptonshire yeomanry, ...
Scope & Content:: John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp; 3rd Earl Spencer: Letters to his parents: 1789-1834.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1789-1834
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 75942-75944
Title:: Althorp Papers. Vols. dcxlii-dcxliv. Letters to Spencer from his daughter, Sarah, wife of William Henry, 3rd Baron Lyttelton (1787-1870); 1794-1834. Content includes family news and travels in Europe whilst on honeymoon. On the death of her husband in 1837 Sarah became lady of the bedchamber to Queen Victoria and royal governess from 1842; see The Correspondence of Sarah, Lady Lyttelton ed. Maud Mary Wyndham (1912) and Betty Askwith, The Lytteltons (1975). Three volumes.
Scope & Content:: Lady Sarah Lyttelton, governess to children of Queen Victoria: Letters to her father, Lord Spencer: 1794-1834.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1794-1834
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 75945-75947
Title:: Althorp Papers. Vols. dcxlv-dcxlvii. Letters to Spencer from his son, Robert Cavendish Spencer, R.N. (1791-1830), and his daughter, Lady Georgiana Quin (1794-1823); 1798-1830; 1802-1823. Robert Spencer was educated at Harrow and Cambridge, entered the navy in 1804 and served under Captain Hallowell-Carew (see also 75957-75959), and died of fever at Alexandria in 1830; for his naval papers, see Add. MSS 76645-76662. Lady Georgiana Spencer married Lord George Quin and died in childbirth in 182...
Scope & Content:: Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer, son of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer: Letters to his father: 1798-1830.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1798-1830
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 75948-75949
Title:: Althorp Papers. Vol. dcxlviii, dcxlix. Letters to Spencer from his son, Frederick, (1798-1857), who succeeded his eldest brother as 4th Earl Spencer in 1845; 1805-1834. He was educated at Eton, followed his brother Robert into the navy in 1811, also serving under Rear-Admiral Hallowell in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic wars. He married his cousin Georgiana Elizabeth, daughter of Wiliam Stephen Poyntz in 1830, and served as M.P. for Worcestershire (1831-32) and Midhurst (1832-37, 183...
Scope & Content:: Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer: Letters to his father: 1805-1834.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1805-1834
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 75950-75951
Title:: Althorp Papers. Vols. dcl, dcli. Letters to Spencer from his fifth son, George (1799-1864); 1808-1834. As the youngest son, he was destined for the church from an early age. Having been educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1824 and served as Rector of St. Mary the Virgin at Great Brington until 1830, when he was converted to Roman Catholicism. He then served at the newly opened Roman Catholic church in West Bromwich between 1832-1839, moved to Oscott College, p...
Scope & Content:: Hon George Spencer, son of 2nd Earl Spencer; 'Father Ignatius' of the Order of Passionists: Letters to his father: 1808-1834.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1808-1834
Extent:: 2 items

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