Althorp Papers. Vols. mccclxxxi-mccclxxxvi. Correspondence and papers of Frederick, 5th Earl Spencer as Lord Steward; 1854-1857. The Lord Steward's department was responsible for the household 'below stairs': the kitchen offices (almonry, bakery, buttery, confectionery, ewry, larder, pantry, pastry, poultry, scullery, spicery, wine cellar,) the counting-house, the Board of Green Cloth, wood and coal yards, the verge porters and brewer's, amongst others; also the royal gardens, providing prod...
Althorp Papers. Vol. mccclxxxii. 1. Letters from George Arbuthnot, auditor of the Civil List, Treasury Office; 1855. 2. Letters from Lt.-Col. Thomas Myddleton Biddulph (K.C.B. 1863), Master of the Household; 1854-1857. 3. Letters from Edward Browell, secretary to the Board of Green Cloth; 1854.
Althorp Papers. Vol. mccclxxxiv. Letters from court officials and drafts made by Spencer; 1853-1857. 1. Letters from Col. Charles B. Phipps; 1854-1857. 2. Drafts and copies made by Frederick Spencer; 1853 -1856.