RARE “Chancellor Of The Exchequer” John Spencer Signed Free Frank Dated 1828 For Sale

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RARE “Chancellor Of The Exchequer” John Spencer Signed Free Frank Dated 1828:
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Up for sale a RARE! "3rd Earl Spencer" John Spencer Hand Signed Free Frank Dated 1828.  

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John

Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, PC, DL, FRS (30

May 1782 – 1 October 1845), styled Viscount Althorp from 1783

to 1834, was a British statesman. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Grey and Lord

Melbourne from 1830 to 1834. Due to his reputation for

integrity he was nicknamed "Honest Jack". His father George Spencer, 2nd Earl

Spencer had served in the ministries of Pitt the Younger, Charles James Fox and Lord

Grenville, and was First Lord of the

Admiralty (1794–1801). George Spencer was married to the eldest

daughter of Lord Lucan.

Their eldest son, John Charles, was born at Spencer House, London, on

30 May 1782. In 1800, after Harrow, he took up his residence at Trinity College, Cambridge, and

for some time applied himself energetically to mathematical studies; but he

spent most of his time in hunting and racing. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Northamptonshire on 5 June 1803.

In 1804, he entered parliament as a

member for Okehampton in Devon. He vacated his

seat in 1806, to contest the University of Cambridge against Lord Henry he was hopelessly beaten), but he was elected

that same year for St Albans, and appointed a lord of the

treasury. At the general election in November 1806, he was elected for Northamptonshire, and he continued to sit for the county until

he succeeded to the peerage. For the next few years after this

speech Lord Althorp occasionally spoke in debate and always on the side of

Liberalism, but from 1813 to 1818 he was only rarely in the House of Commons. His

absence was partly due to a feeling that it was hopeless to struggle against

the will of the Tory ministry, but more particularly because of the death

of his wife. In 1819, on his return to political life, he pressed for

establishing a more efficient bankruptcy court, and of

expediting the recovery of small debts; and he saw both these reforms

accomplished before 1825. During the greater part of the reign of George IV the Whigs lost their

influence in the state from their want of cohesion, but this defect was soon

remedied in 1830 when Lord Althorp was chosen their leader in the lower house,

and his capacity for the position was proved by experience. In Lord Grey's government

Althorp was both Leader of the House of

Commons and Chancellor of the

Exchequer. He was instrumental in success of the government

measures. Along with Lord John Russell,

he led the fight to pass the Reform Bill of 1832, making more than twenty speeches, and is

generally considered the architect of its victory. After the dissolution of

1833, the Whig government had been slowly dying, and was further weakened by

Althorp's promotion to the House of Lords following the death of his father in 1834.

The new Lord Spencer abandoned the cares of office and returned to country life

with unalloyed delight. Henceforth agriculture, not politics, was his principal

interest. He was the first president of the Royal

Agricultural Society (founded 1838), and a notable

cattle-breeder. Though often urged by his political friends to come to their

assistance, he rarely quit the peaceful pleasures which he loved. He died

without issue at Wiseton on 1 October 1845, and was

succeeded by his brother Frederick (d.

1857). The Whigs required, to carry the Reform Bill, a leader above party

spirit. "Honest Jack Althorp" has been called "the most decent

man who ever held high Government office". Although he was not a

particularly good public speaker, his integrity was an invaluable asset to 1st Viscount Hardinge said that one of John Wilson Croker's

speeches was demolished by the simple statement of Lord Althorp that he

"had collected some figures which entirely refuted it, but had lost

them." To Croker's credit, he replied that he would never doubt Althorp's

word. Spencer Street in Melbourne, is named in his honour.

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