Spencer Perceval – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Tributes to two brothers

Posted on 15 February 2024 by John Wells

Guest post by Jonathan Spain, former member of the Manuscripts Department, now a volunteer cataloguer. The Library’s Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts has issued […]

Manuscripts, Special Collections

‘This lamented Minister’: the papers of Spencer Perceval at Cambridge University Library

Posted on 1 November 2012 by Special Collections

Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister, was shot dead in the House of Commons lobby on 11 May 1812. His killer was John Bellingham, described by P.J. […]

In the spotlight, Manuscripts