Search Results

Search tip: Click 'Reference' to see the hierarchy browser for the whole collection

Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/A/37/71
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Mr Disraeli to Queen Victoria
Date	14 November 1868
Writer	Disraeli, Benjamin
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Record of Benjamin Disraeli's audience with Queen Victoria regarding the position of the Conservative Party and his own relations to it. Decision in favour of its being kept together and of his continuing to lead it. Considerations governing rank given to ministers, or the Speaker, on elevation to the House of Lords. Precedent of Sir C. Wood cited. Mr Disraeli on the creation of Baroness Hester Chatham (wife of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham) as a baroness in her own right and John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell's wife's peerage (Baroness of Stratheden) - cited in support of his request for a similar honour for his own wife.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
Level	Item

Record