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CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/34/5
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Lord Russell to Queen Victoria
Date8 December 1865
WriterRussell, John, 1st Earl
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionLord Russell on peers qualified to succeed Lord St Germans as Lord Steward: Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland and William Henry Fitzroy, 6th Duke of Grafton. Improbability of the Duke of Grafton accepting office. Lord Lansdowne (Henry Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquis of Lansdowne) suggested by Queen Victoria. Somerset's refusal of appointment to Lord Warden of Cinque Ports. Granville George, 2nd Earl Granville's readiness to accept the office. Lord Russell's thanks for Her Majesty's approval of the offer of a peerage to Sir F. Baring and the Master of the Rolls.
LanguageEnglish
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