Harrow 77224-77231. Althorp Papers. Vols. mcmxxiv-mcmxxxi. Correspondence and papers relating to Harrow School. Spencer was a pupil at Harrow and retained close links with the school throughout his life. In 1870 he became Chairman of the Governors, a post he held until 1908. Eight volumes.
Original Indexes 77252-77294. Althorp Papers. Vols. mcmlii-mcmxciv. Indexes, in original folders, to Spencer's correspondence in the KS series above, written on the envelopes which originally contained the letters in the hands of Spencer's Private Secretaries; 1868-1905. For a few of the smaller sections of correspondence there are no indexes on the envelopes; for other sections the indexes are incomplete. Forty-three volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdcii, mdciii. Correspondence with Henry Austin Bruce, later Baron Aberdare, Home Secretary (1869-1873), Lord President of the Council (1873-1874); 1866-1872. Mostly relating to Ireland and Spencer's Lord Lieutenancy. For original indexes see KS497. Two volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdclxxiv, mdclxxv. Correspondence with Sir Edward Sullivan, Attorney-General, Ireland (1868-1870), Master of the Rolls, Ireland (1870-1883), Lord Chancellor, Ireland (1883-1885); 1868-1887. For original index see KS486 and KS505. Two volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdcciv-mdccviii. Correspondence, including papers, with John Becke and his son Charles Cecil Beck, solicitors and political agents; 1857-1910. Material covers elections and politics mainly as they affect Northamptonshire; also appointments to benefices, magistrates and other local posts, charities, schools, land improvements in Northamptonshire and Norfolk, etc. Five volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdccxxvi, mdccxxvii. Correspondence with Courtenay Boyle, Private Secretary to Spencer (1882-1885), Assistant Secretary, Local Government Board (1885-1886); 1866-1898. Two volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdcclxxii, mdcclxxiii. Correspondence with General Sir Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn, Commander in Chief of the forces in Ireland (1865-1870); 1868-1871, n.d.
Althorp Papers. Vols. mdcclxxxiii, mdcclxxxiv. Correspondence with Sir Patrick Joseph Keenan, Resident Commissioner of National Education in Ireland; 1871-1894, n.d. Two volumes