| Collection | Victorian Papers, Main Series |
| Description | Lord Beaconsfield on Lord Glasgow's (George F. Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow) suitability for the Order of the Thistle. Others with superior claims. If limited to Peers, Duke of Hamilton (William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton) submitted. His services in the House of Lords, as compared with Lord Bute's (John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquis of Bute). Question as to the necessity of confining principal Orders - Garter etc - to Peers. No such requirement in its statutes. Sir W. Stirling Maxwell suggested. His qualifications and the advantages of conferring it on him. |