Add MS 75351-75387

These papers, deriving from individuals unrelated to the Spencer family, were amongst the collections of historical documents, originals and transcripts, bequeathed to Georgiana, Countess Spencer, by her friend Rachel Lloyd in 1803, `to keep as long as she pleases, and then I desire she will give them to Lavinia, Countess Spencer, to whom I bequeath them forever' (see Add. MS 75695 below). Several of the documents have annotations in the hands of Rachel Lloyd and Georgiana, Countess Spencer, and there is a rough list of the papers by the latter at the end of Add. MS 75358. See also the letters from Lady Spencer to Mrs Howe of 22 Aug. 1803 and 25 June 1804, in which she describes the unpacking and sorting of the papers. The ownership of the papers descended through Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland, and wife of Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork and 1st Earl of Burlington; and afterwards through Dorothy, daughter of William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax, wife of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington. Rachel Lloyd was a close friend of Lady Spencer's daughter, Georgiana, wife of William, 5th Duke of Devonshire.