Excerpt from American Shrines in England N giving my little book to the public I wish to express my thanks to the Rt. Hon. Earl Spencer, k.g., for his permission to photograph, as an illustration to the volume, the portrait (by Mark Gerards) of Sir Robert Spencer, first Baron Spencer of Wormleighton interesting to the readers of American Shrines in England because he was the constant and ever-loyal friend and patron of Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave and Brington, and of his sons, one of whom was the direct ancestor of the first President of the United States. Also for allowing the Althorp Household Books to be gone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.