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151. Add MS 75948-75949

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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

152. Add MS 76744-76753

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. mcdxliv-mcdliii. Letters from Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, previously the Hon. Capt. Frederick Spencer (1798-1857) and Elizabeth Georgina Spencer (née Poyntz), Lady Spencer (1799-1851); 1835-1853, n.d. Partly copies, partly drafts, partly printed. They chiefly relate to the Spencer library, the running of Spencer House, payment of accounts, and instructions for the forwarding of the Earl’s mail when away from London. A few of Appleyard's draft replies are includ...
Scope & Content:
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer: Letters to George Appleyard: 1835-1854, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1835-1853
Extent:
10 items

153. Add MS 75939-75941

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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

154. Add MS 75942-75944

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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

155. Add MS 75539-75541

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. ccxxxix-ccxli. Legal papers, correspondence and accounts of the trustees of the marriage settlement, chiefly relating to the administration of property in Devon, Cornwall and of Croydon manor and rectory; 1738-1824. Partly drafts, abstracts and copies. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1738-1824
Extent:
3 items

156. Add MS 75317-75322

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. xvii-xxii. Papers relating to the rectory of Brington; 1547-1688. For the Spencer’s lease of the parsonage and tithes of Brington, see Finch, op. cit., pp 61-62. Six volumes.
Scope & Content:
Brington, Northant: Accounts, etc., of the Spencer family rel. to Brington and Althorp: 1329-1688.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1547-1688
Extent:
6 items

157. Add MS 75575-75597

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. cclxxv-ccxcvii. Letters to Lady Spencer from her son, George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, 1764-1814. Twenty-three volumes. Unbound. 240 x 185 mm. average size.
Scope & Content:
George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: Letters to his mother: 1764-1814.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1764-1814
Extent:
23 items

158. Add MS 75669-75682

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. ccclxix-ccclxxxii. Letters to Lady Spencer from George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey; 1759-1804. Including a few drafts of Lady Spencer's replies, a few letters from his wife, Elizabeth, and a few from Lord Jersey to Lord Spencer. Many of the letters, particularly those in 75670-75672, contain political gossip and accounts of proceedings in the House of Commons. This is presumably `the series of gossiping letters of old Lord Jersey's', which was said to have been d...
Scope & Content:
George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey: Letters to Lady Spencer: 1759-1804.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1759-1804
Extent:
14 items

159. Add MS 75606-75608

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vol. cccvi-cccviii. Correspondence of Lady Spencer with her daughter, Henrietta, wife of Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; [1768?]-1814. The letters from Lady Bessborough, chiefly of the period 1809-1814, represent only a fraction of those she wrote to her mother, the remainder having been returned to her family after Lady Spencer's death in 1814. Those of Lady Spencer end in 1789. A few of them, and others after 1789, are printed in Lady Bessbo...
Scope & Content:
Henrietta Ponsonby, wife of Frederick, 3rd Earl of Bessborough: Letters to her mother, Lady Spencer: [1768?]-1814.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1768?]-1814
Extent:
3 items

160. Add MS 75911-75922

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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