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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 75301-78155

11. Add MS 76663-76739

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Title:
Papers of the 4th Earl Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mccclxiii-mcdxl. Papers and correspondence of Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer; 1811-1857. Partly French, Greek, Latin, Russian and Spanish. Frederick Spencer, (1798-1857), became 4th Earl Spencer (1 Oct. 1845) on the death of his brother, John Charles, 3rd Earl Spencer, who died without issue. Educated at Eton, the 4th Earl followed his brother Robert into the navy in 1811, also serving under Rear-Admiral Hallowell in the Mediterranean during...
Scope & Content:
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of Frederick Spencer: 1811-1857.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1811-1857
Extent:
77 items

12. Add MS 76740 A-AA

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Title:
Account-Books of 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earls Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mcdxl a-aa. Series of small account books in an unidentified hand recording receipts and payments on behalf of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earls Spencer and other members of the family, most lettered in alphabetical sequence on the front covers, with a new date sequence beginning at `S’; 1826-1851. Twenty-seven volumes. 88 x 153 mm.
Scope & Content:
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of Frederick Spencer: 1811-1857.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1826-1851
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 76741-76782

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Title:
Papers of George Appleyard Althorp Papers. Vols. mcdxli-mcdlxxxii. Correspondence and papers of George Appleyard (d. 1855); 1821-1855, n.d. Partly copies, partly drafts, partly printed. He served as secretary and librarian to successive Earls Spencer. The collection comprises letters sent by the Earls Spencer to Appleyard, some letters sent to the Earls which were passed on to Appleyard to deal with, and some letters written by Appleyard, as well as a large number of letters sent to him fro...
Scope & Content:
George Appleyard, Secretary to successive Earls Spencer: Correspondence and papers of George Appleyard: 1821-1855, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821-1855
Extent:
42 items

14. Add MS 76783-77841

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Title:
Papers of the 5th Earl Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mcdlxxxiii-mmdxli. The career of the Liberal politician John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, covered the last four decades of the 19th century and the opening years of the 20th century, an era largely dominated by W. E. Gladstone and by the politics of empire, domestic reform and Ireland. Famous for his bushy red beard which gave him his nickname, ‘The Red Earl’, he served in all of Gladstone’s four governments, for the full term of eac...
Scope & Content:
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of John Poyntz Spencer: 1835-1910.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1868-1895
Extent:
1059 items

15. Add MS 77842-77896

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Title:
Seymour Papers Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdxlii-mmdxcvi. Correspondence and papers relating to members of the Seymour family; [circa 1810]-1914, n.d. The Seymours twice married into the Spencer family. In 1854 Adelaide Seymour became the second wife of Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer, while her cousin Charlotte married John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer, in 1858. Most of the material in this section relates to Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour, father of Adelaide, and his family. Fifty five volumes. Britis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1810]-1914
Extent:
55 items

16. Add MS 77897-77916

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Add MS 77897-77916
Title:
Sir Thomas Biddulph Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdxcvii-mmdcxvi. Correspondence of Sir Thomas Biddulph (1809-1878), Keeper of the Privy Purse (1866-1878), receiver-general of the Duchy of Cornwall (1866-1878), receiver-general of the Duchy of Lancaster (1873-1878). In 1857 Biddulph married Mary Frederica, only daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour by his first wife Lady Mary Gordon. The following year Charlotte Seymour, Frederick's third daughter by his second wife married John Poyntz, 5...
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Biddulph, Keeper of the Privy Purse: Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Biddulph: 1862-1944.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1841-1944]
Extent:
20 items

17. Add MS 77917-77971

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Title:
Papers of Viscount Althorp, afterwards 6th Earl Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdcxvii-mmdclxxi. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Charles Robert Spencer; Viscount Althorp from 1905, 6th Earl Spencer from 1910. The papers chiefly relate to the period before he inherited the earldom.
Scope & Content:
Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of Charles Robert Spencer: 1870-1910.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1870-1922]
Extent:
55 items

18. Add MS 77972-78045

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Title:
Papers relating to houses and Contents Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdclxxii-mmdccxlv. Papers relating to the maintenance, running and contents of the various Spencers houses; 1759-1960. Seventy-three volumes, arranged as follows: Alterations to Althorp and Spencer House 77972-77985 Visitors' Books, Dinner Books, etc.: 77986-78003 Library Catalogues: 78004-78025 Inventories of Furniture and Paintings: 78026-78039 Miscellaneous: 78040-78045
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1759-1960
Extent:
74 items

19. Add MS 78046-78095

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Title:
Game books, Cattle and Stud books.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1784-1954]
Extent:
50 items

20. Add MS 78096-78100

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Add MS 78096-78100
Title:
Miscellaneous Volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1522-1932]
Extent:
5 items