Althorp Papers. Vols. mdccliii-mdcclvi. Correspondence with Thomas Henry Burke, Under-Secretary, Ireland (1869-1882); 1869-1882. For original index see KS497. Four volumes.
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Thomas Henry Burke, Under-Secretary for Ireland: Correspondence with 5th Earl Spencer: 1869-1882.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdcclvii-mdcclxi. Correspondence with R.G.C. Hamilton, Under-Secretary, Ireland (1882-1886); 1882-1892, n.d. For original indexes see KS500-KS501. See also Hamilton papers Add. MS 48613 for further correspondence, 1881-1886. Five volumes.
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Sir Robert George Crookshank Hamilton, KCB; governor of Tasmania: Correspondence with 5th Earl Spencer: 1882-1892, n.d.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdcclxiii, mdcclxiv. Correspondence, etc., with Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms (1853-1892); 1868-1874, 1882-1885. Many letters relate to alterations made to the Order of the Knights of St. Patrick and appointments to the Order; a small number of papers on the Order are also included; other letters relate to the organization and preparation for events such as vice-regal receptions, Lord Mayo's funeral, etc.;
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdcclxv-mdcclxvii. Correspondence with Lt.-Col. Francis Rowland Forster, Master of the Horse to the Viceroy; 1868-1875, 1881-1885, n.d. Three volumes.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Rowland Forster, Master of the Horse to the Viceroy of Ireland: Correspondence with 5th Earl Spencer: 1868-1903, n.d.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdcclxxii, mdcclxxiii. Correspondence with General Sir Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn, Commander in Chief of the forces in Ireland (1865-1870); 1868-1871, n.d.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdcclxxxiii, mdcclxxxiv. Correspondence with Sir Patrick Joseph Keenan, Resident Commissioner of National Education in Ireland; 1871-1894, n.d. Two volumes
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdcclxxxix, mdccxc. Correspondence with Major-General Sir Alfred Turner, A.D.C. and military private secretary to the Viceroy of Ireland (1882-1884), assistant military secretary to the Commander in Chief in Ireland (1885-1886), private secretary to the Viceroy of Ireland (1886), Commissioner of Police, Cork, Kerry, Clare, Limerick (1886-1892); 1882-1908. Two volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdccxcix, mdccc. Correspondence with Sir John Fretcheville Dykes Donnelly; Assistant Secretary of Science and Art Dept. (1881-1884); Head of the Dept. (1884-1899); 1880-1899.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdccci-mdcccxv. Correspondence with various Irish peers. Most of the correspondence relates to the time Spencer was Viceroy. Since most of the peers acted and Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum for their county much of the correspondence is related to these more local affairs e.g. visits by Spencer to their area, appointment of officials such as district magistrates, local elections, requests for patronage, law and order etc. References to national politics are more l...