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1. 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

2. Add MS 77793-77841

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Title:
Miscellaneous Papers
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1800-1940]
Extent:
49 items

3. Add MS 76783-77294

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Title:
Special Correspondence
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1833-1910]
Extent:
512 items

4. Add MS 77436-77638

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Title:
General (Chronological) Correspondence Althorp Papers. Vols. mmcxxxvi-mmcccxxxviii. General correspondence arranged chronologically; 1845-1910, n.d. Where possible, undated material has been arranged at the end of the year’s sequence in which it was originally found. All other undated correspondence is arranged alphabetically at the end of this series. Two hundred and three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845-1910
Extent:
203 items

5. Add MS 77639-77718

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Title:
Charlotte, Countess Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mmcccxxxix-mmcdxviii. Correspondence and papers of Charlotte Frances Frederica, Countess Spencer, (b.1835, d.1903), third daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour by his second wife Lady Augusta Hervey. She married John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer, in 1858.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1800-1903]
Extent:
80 items

6. Add MS 77295-77375

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Title:
Political Papers Althorp Papers. Vol. mcmxcv-mmlxxv. Administrative papers relating to Spencer's periods in ministerial office, covering Irish, foreign and domestic affairs, with a few later papers concerning Northamptonshire affairs; 1868-1910. Much of this material consists of printed papers which were prepared for and circulated to the cabinet between the years 1868 and 1895. Eighty-one volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1868-1910
Extent:
81 items

7. Add MS 77376-77435

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Title:
Admiralty Papers Althorp Papers. Vols. mmlxxvi-mmcxxxv. Official correspondence and papers of John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1892-1895; 1892-1895, with a few letters of earlier or later dates. All the material in this series relates to the period during which Spencer was First Lord of the Admiralty. The main series of Spencer's political correspondence above includes some letters from 1892 to 1895. For his correspondence with W.E. Gladstone from 1892 to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1895
Extent:
60 items

8. Add MS 77719-77753

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Title:
Lady Sarah Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. mmcdxix-mmcdliii. Correspondence and papers of Lady Sarah Spencer (b.1838, d.1919), sister of John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer; 1850-1919, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850-1919
Extent:
35 items

9. Add MS 77754-77792

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Title:
Account Books, etc. Althorp Papers. Vols. mmcdliv-mmcdxcii. Ledgers, cash books and other account books relating to the administration of Earl Spencer's property and personal finances; 1851-1910, n.d.. Some are in the hands, or partly in the hands, of Spencer or his private secretary, Courtenay Boyle. See also Northamptonshire Record Office, SOX353, SOX551-554, Thirty-nine volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1851-1910
Extent:
39 items

10. Add MS 77119-77136

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Title:
Clergymen
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1852-1910]
Extent:
18 items