Perceval, Spencer, (1762-1812), statesman

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Surname:	Perceval
Forenames:	Spencer
Gender:	Male
Date:	1762-1812
History:	Prime Minister, 4 Oct 1809-11 May 1812. Also Chancellor of the Exchequer from March 1807. Assassinated in the lobby of the House of Commons by a bankrupt who had a grievance against the government.
Biography:	ODNB link for Perceval, Spencer (1762-1812), statesman
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275655 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P137196 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Spencer Perceval

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1951: Spencer Perceval papers: passed into private custody	The National Archives, Kew	PRO 1/1185
2	1804-1812: R v. John Bellingham, Liverpool merchant. The murder of Spencer Perceval, prime...	The National Archives, Kew	TS 11/224/947/1
3	1812 May 12: Assassination of Spencer Perceval.	The National Archives, Kew	PRO 30/43/25/7
4	1783-1812: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 49173-95	NRA 5231
5	1809-12: corresp	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 38191, 38243-47
6	1806-12: corresp and papers	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.8713	NRA 34187
7	1802-12: corresp and papers	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		NRA 8587 Holland See HMC corresp file - Holland, David
8	1802: papers	Parliamentary Archives	SPE
9	1811-12: letters to William Adam	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS1454	NRA 9954 Adam
10	1808-12: letters to Lord Bathurst	British Library, Manuscript Collections	loan 57	NRA 20952 See HMC [76] Bathurst MSS
11	1807-12: letters to George Canning	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds		NRA 9205 Canning
12	1809: corresp with George Canning and Lord Portland (copies)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng hist d 261
13	1809-10: corresp with Lord Castlereagh	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D3030	NRA 12865 Stewart
14	1790-1809: letters to AB Drummond	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		NRA 14022 Drummond See HMC File: Drummond, Walden
15	c1801-1812: letters to Lord Eldon	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development	HMC	NRA 24582 Scott
16	1811: corresp with John Foster	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D 207/69	NRA 6701 Skeffington
17	letters to George III	Royal Archives		See Later Correspondence of George III, ed AAspinall, 5 vols 1962-70
18	1807-11: corresp with Sir James Willoughby Gordon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	ADD MSS 49476 Passim
19	1804-12: corresp with Lord Harrowby	Harrowby Manuscripts Trust	vols 8,11,16,94,95,98	NRA 1561 Ryder
20	1804-10: corresp with Sir Alexander Hope	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD364	NRA 10172 Hope See NRA(S)1021
21	1807-09: corresp with Lord Melville	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD51	NRA 10188 Dundas
22	1809: corresp with Lord Melville (copies)	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRA(S)0354	NRA 11637
23	letters to 1st Baron Newborough	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services		NRA 37118
24	corresp with 11th Earl of Pembroke	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	2057	NRA 22080 Herbert
25	1804-05: letters to William Pitt	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/S5/O3/12	NRA 25095
26	letters to William Pitt and Lord Chatham	The National Archives	PRO30/8
27	1802-09: corresp with Lord Redesdale	Gloucestershire Archives	D2002/3	NRA 23794 Freeman-Mitford
28	1807: letters to Charles Richard Vaughan	Oxford University: All Souls College	Vaughan	NRA 10564 Vaughan
29	1809-12: corresp with Lord Wellesley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37292-96 passim
30	1803-12: corresp with CP Yorke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 45036
31	1799-1812: misc letters and papers (11 items)	Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum		See HMC visit, JRS 1992
32	1809-11: (copies) letters (10) as Prime Minister to various correspondents incl JW Croker and Sir Henry Phipps	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 674
33	1802-1833: papers incl corresp	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add. 88914	See Annual Return 2009
34	1798, 1812: letter rel to Belsize manor; inquest papers on his death	Westminster Abbey Library and Muniment Room	WAM 65518F, WAM 65079
35	c1700-1800: papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89157	See Annual Return 2016
36	c1802: draft proclamations for use in the event of a French invasion	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.9750/309	See Annual Return 2019