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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/A/35/40
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Lord Derby to Queen Victoria
Date	10 February 1867
Writer	Derby, Edward, 14th Earl of
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Lord Derby on the necessity of addition to the number of Law Lords. Efficiency of the Appellate Jurisdiction, the subject of a notice in the House of Commons. His reluctance to urge on Queen Victoria an increase in the House of Lords. Compelled nevertheless to recommend two for law peerages: the Right Honourable Duncan McNeill (on his retirement from the office of Lord Justice General of Scotland) and Lord Justice Cairns (Right Honourable Sir Hugh M. Cairns).
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
Level	Item

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