Spencer, Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Owner Id00014393
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1674 - 1722
Other InformationKG, PC (23 April 1675 – 19 April 1722), known as Lord Spencer from 1688 to 1702, was an English statesman and nobleman from the Spencer family. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1714–1717), Lord Privy Seal (1715–1716), Lord President of the Council (1717–1719) and First Lord of the Treasury (1718–1721).
The Sunderland Library was divided into two in 1749 and part was moved to Blenheim Palace; see Catalogue of the Books in the Library at Blenheim Palace (Oxford, 1872); Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana. Sale Catalogue of the Truly Important and Very Extensive Library of Printed Books Known as the Sunderland or Blenheim Library (London: Puttick & Simpson, 17-27 Apr. 1882); DNB; A. K. Swift, The Formation of the Library of Charles Spencer... A Study in the Antiquarian Booktrade, unpublished D.Phil. thesis, University of Oxford, 1981; Katherine Swift, `Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana: The Making of an Eighteenth-century Library', in Bibliophily, ed. Robin Myers and Michael Harris, Publishing History Occasional Series, 2 (1986), 63-89; Clare A. Simmons, `Charles Spencer, Third Earl of Sunderland (1674-1722)', in Pre-Nineteenth-century British Book-collectors and Bibliographers, ed. William Baker and Kenneth Womack, DLB 213 (Detroit, Washington DC, and London, 1999), 321-7.
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Activity
Start (year)1674
End (year)1722
MARC Area Codee-uk
Profession / Type of InstitutionPolitician
CharacterisationAristocracy
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