Althorp Papers. Vol. dcxlviii, dcxlix. Letters to Spencer from his son, Frederick, (1798-1857), who succeeded his eldest brother as 4th Earl Spencer in 1845; 1805-1834. He was educated at Eton, followed his brother Robert into the navy in 1811, also serving under Rear-Admiral Hallowell in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic wars. He married his cousin Georgiana Elizabeth, daughter of Wiliam Stephen Poyntz in 1830, and served as M.P. for Worcestershire (1831-32) and Midhurst (1832-37, 183...
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Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer: Letters to his father: 1805-1834.