George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer NPG D42001
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Robert Cribb, after John Hoppner
As First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794-1801, Spencer's reforms to the administration of the Navy laid the foundations for British victories at sea. He singled out Nelson and sent him to win the Battle of the Nile. Spencer resigned office with Pitt in 1801, re-entering the government in 1806 as Home Secretary. His book collection forms the nucleus of the Rylands Library at Manchester.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










