Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer NPG x3669

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by York & Son, after Unknown photographer

A Whig politician who played a prominent role in Liberal politics for almost forty years. Elected MP in 1857, he came to the fore in 1867 during the Second Reform Act which, unlike many in his party, he supported. He was a member of successive Liberal governments, and a member of the cabinet in all except the first. Irish politics came to be a major preoccupation of his political career. As Lord Lieutenant (Viceroy) of Ireland, Spencer was given the difficult task of carrying out... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.