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, ...
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John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp; 3rd Earl Spencer: Letters to his parents: 1789-1834.