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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/A/56/68
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Mr Gladstone to Queen Victoria
Date	10 December 1882
Writer	Gladstone, William Ewart
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Mr Gladstone tells Queen Victoria the steps he has taken as to the appointment of a separate Minister of Finance. (Gladstone had been Premier and Chancellor.) He recommends Mr Hugh Childers as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Hartington (Marquis) for the War Office and Sir Charles Dilke for the Duchy of Lancaster. Change in the latter's attitude regarding the Royal Family. Lord Derby (Edward Henry, 15th Earl of Derby) to be submitted shortly for the India Office, after his fulfilment of a public engagement in Lancashire contracted while an independent Peer.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
Level	Item

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