r HONOURABLERIGHTTHE PERCEVALSPENCER 5 3 i.5 3 1> y PERCEVALI UK UIl.ll r HONOURABLK SPENCER Francis A.R.A.][A posthumous portrait by George Joseph, HONOURABLETHE RIGHT PERCEVALSPENCER By TREHERNEPHILIP TOOF "from VALET ETC.AUTHOR AMBASSADOR," T. FISHER UNWIN ADELPHI TERRACELONDON: INSELSTRASSE 20LEIPSIC: 1909 b To THE MEMORY OF MY UNCLE, CLIFTON PERCEVAL ' -« . .' . . -T! ; • -f • ' RIGHTTHE HONOURABLE SPENCEE PERCEVAL I EARLY YEARS An traced theeighteenth-century genealogist descent of the Baronies of Luvel, Perceval, and of the Norman house ofGournay, Yvery. In "Anderson's in 1742,History," published there is a account of the Percevalcomplete branch from awho receivedAscelin, grant of inlands Somersetshire after the Conquest, to second Earl of and fatherJohn, Egmont, of Perceval. The of thisSpencer early part work contains the records of men who fought in the and in firstthe invasion ofCrusades, Ireland. 13 14 SPENCER PERCEVAL Kichard a friend of Lord Bur-Perceval, was the first and satParliamentarian,leigh's, infor Yorkshire. HeEichmond, deciphered the the first news ofdespatches containing Armada. Histhe Sir was ason, Philip, in the ofstatesmandistinguished reign Charles L From the of viewpoint of there was reason forheredity, every Perceval to enter Parliament. TheSpencer Percevals had a considerable inplayed part the life of the political eighteenth century.
rHONOURABLERIGHTTHE PERCEVALSPENCER5 3 i.5 3 1> yPERCEVALI UK UIl.ll r HONOURABLK SPENCER Francis A.R.A.][A posthumous portrait by George Joseph,HONOURABLETHE RIGHT PERCEVALSPENCER By TREHERNEPHILIP TOOF "from VALET ETC.AUTHOR AMBASSADOR," T. FISHER UNWIN ADELPHI TERRACELONDON: INSELSTRASSE 20LEIPSIC: 1909b To THE MEMORY OF MY UNCLE, CLIFTON PERCEVAL ' -« . .' . . -T! ; • -f • '< • . . \All rights reserved^