Althorp Papers. Vol. mmcxxi. Various papers, with a few letters to Spencer, concerning various Admiralty matters, including shipbuilding programmes and the Royal Naval Reserve; 1893-1895.
Althorp Papers. Vol. mmcxxii. Correspondence and papers; 1893-1894. 1. Correspondence and papers relating to shipbuilding contracts in the Thames region; 1894-1895. Partly copies. 2. Papers, including printed pamphlets, concerning the wages and working hours of dockyard workers; 1893-1894.
Althorp Papers. Vol. mmcxxiii. Correspondence of Spencer, mostly with cabinet ministers, and various papers concerning the following matters: the strength of the Navy; planning and strategy in relation to Indian waters and the Mediterranean; the possibility of a future war with France; 1892-1895.
Althorp Papers. Vol. mmcxxiv. Correspondence of Spencer with various individuals, including Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth (see Add. MSS 77382-77386 above for the main part of their correspondence), and papers relating to grievances expressed by engineering workers in the Navy; 1894-1895.
Althorp Papers. Vol. mmcxxv. Administrative papers; 1893-1895. 1. Papers concerning the supply of magazine rifles and cordite to the Navy; 1893-1895. 2. Minutes of a meeting between Spencer and James Bryce, President of the Board of Trade, and a deputation from the Association of Chambers of C...
Althorp Papers. Vols. mmcxxvi-mmcxxviii. Printed official pamphlets, such as reports, statements and statistical tables, relating to various naval matters, including the navy estimates and the sinking of H.M.S. Victoria; 1891-1895. Included are copies of the 'Statements of the First Lord of the Admiralty Explanatory of the Navy Estimates', which are found at the beginning of the volumes of Navy Estimates in Add. MSS 77429-77433. Three volumes.