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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/A/46/58
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Mr Gladstone to Queen Victoria
Date	6 August 1873
Writer	Gladstone, William Ewart
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Mr Gladstone's anxiety to remove the Right Honourable A.S. Ayrton from the Office of Works. The impossibility of transferring him to the Post Office. The desire to avoid bringing Queen Victoria personally into the question by an investigation. Alternative methods of removing the difficulty of Her Majesty's coming into personal contact with him as Judge Advocate General. Doubt of his accepting office. Necessity for his apologising to Her Majesty, in the event of his doing so, for remarks causing her offence.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
Level	Item

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