Althorp Papers. Vols. mdxxiii, mdxxiv. Correspondence with Horace Seymour, brother of Charlotte Spencer. For letters to Spencer from Seymour in his capacity as private secretary to Gladstone see below; 1863-1901. Two volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdvi, mdvii. Correspondence with his half sister Victoria (Va) and her husband William, 2nd Baron Sandhurst. Most of the letters are written by Sandhurst; 1866-1910. Two volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdxvi, mdxvii. Correspondence with and relating to Spencer Lyttelton, brother of George William, 4th Baron Lyttelton. Many of the letters and accompanying papers relate to family attempts to extricate Spencer Lyttelton from financial and other troubles; 1857-1889. Two volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdx, mdxi. Letters from Spencer's cousin, William Alleyne Cecil, firstly as Lord Burghley, then from 1867 as 3rd Marquess of Exeter. Also included are copies of occasional replies by Spencer; 1857-1889. Two volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdi-mdiv. Letters from his half brother, Charles Robert Spencer, (Bobbie), later 6th Earl Spencer. For Spencer's letters to him, see R1-R9; 1866-1910. Four volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mcdlxxxiii-mcdxcv. Letters from his wife, Charlotte, fourth daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour. For Spencer's letters to Charlotte, see Add. MSS 77639-77653 below. For Charlotte’s memoirs see Northamptonshire Record Office, SOX80; 1835-1903. Thirteen volumes.
Scope & Content:
Charlotte Spencer, wife of John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer: Letters to her husband: 1858-1900.