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Add MS 75773-76368
- Record Id:
- 033-001970409
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001969828
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000056.0x000052
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- Add MS 75773-76368
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Papers of the 2nd Earl Spencer
Althorp Papers. Vols. cdlxxiii-mlxviii. Correspondence and papers of George John Spencer (1758-1834), Viscount Althorp, 2nd Earl Spencer (1783). Spencer was M.P. for Northampton (1780-1782) and for Surrey (1782-1783); junior lord of the Treasury (March-July 1782); privy councillor and lord keeper of the privy seal (July-Dec. 1794); First Lord of the Admiralty (1794-1801); Secretary of State for the Home Office (1806-1807); Elder Brother of Trinity House (1795-1834); Master of Trinity House (1806-1807); Governor of Charterhouse (1800); Trustee of the British Museum (1791); colonel of Northamptonshire Yeomanry (from 1794); chairman of Quarter-Sessions for Northampton; President of the Royal Institution (1813-1825); founder and first president of the Roxburghe Club (1812) Commissioner of the Public Records (1831); and a notable antiquarian book collector.
Five hundred and ninety-nine volumes, classified as follows:
Mission to Vienna: 75773-75774:
Admiralty: 75775-75868
Home Office: 75868-75909:
Family Correspondence. 75910-75950
General Correspondence. 75951-76153.
Accounts, Notebooks, Diaries 76154-76345.
Northamptonshire Yeomanry. 76346-76368.
- Scope & Content:
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George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of George John Spencer: 1794-1834.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001969828
033-001970409 - Is part of:
- Add MS 75301-78155 : Althorp Papers
Add MS 75773-76368 : Papers of the 2nd Earl SpencerAlthorp Papers. Vols. cdlxxiii-mlxviii. Correspondence and papers of George John Spencer… - Contains:
- Add MS 75773-75774 : Mission to ViennaAlthorp Papers. Vols. cdlxxiii, cdlxxiv. Correspondence and papers concerning Lord Spencer's mission to…
Add MS 75775-75868 : AdmiraltyAlthorp Papers. Vols. cdlxxv-dlxviii. Correspondence and papers of Spencer as First Lord of the Admiralty; 1640-1801,…
Add MS 75869-75910 : Home OfficeAlthorp Papers. Vols. dlxix-dcix. Correspondence and papers of Lord Spencer as Secretary of State for the Home…
Add MS 75911-75951 : Family Correspondence
Add MS 75952-76153 : General Correspondence. 75952-76153. Althorp Papers. Vols. dclii-dcccliv. Correspondence with individuals not of…
Add MS 76154-76345 : Account books, Notebooks and Diaries
Add MS 76346-76368 : Northamptonshire YeomanryAlthorp Papers. Vols. mxlvi-mlxviii. Correspondence and papers relating to the Northamptonshire…
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- 032-001969828[0007]/033-001970409
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- Record Type (Level):
- SubFonds
- Extent:
- 596 items
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1640
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- [1640-1948]
- Era:
- CE
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- Archives and Manuscripts
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- Names:
- Spencer, George John, 2nd Earl Spencer