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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/A/28/113
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Lord Palmerston to Queen Victoria
Date	11 July 1860
Writer	Palmerston, Henry, 3rd Viscount
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	George, 8th Duke of Argyll to succeed Sir George Grey in attendance on Queen Victoria at Balmoral (as a Minister in Attendance). Lord Palmerston's expectation of W.E. Gladstone's resignation on the fortification question. Lord Palmerston on the difference between the attitude of Dissenters in England and Ireland to a religious enumeration in the Census. Hopes of a change in the former by 1871. Cabinet discussion of the Government's proposal to buy out the Galway Packet Company (Canada). The present position and previous history of the question. George William, 4th Earl of Clarendon, suggested for appointment as Secretary of State for the Home Office. Sir G. Lewis proposed as Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the event of Mr Gladstone's resignation.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
Level	Item

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