CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/28/139
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Lord Palmerston to Queen Victoria
Date13 August 1860
WriterPalmerston, Henry, 3rd Viscount
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionLord Palmerston on Sir Francis Goldsmid: [he] 'Talked as much nonsense as might have been expected from a money-making Jew discoursing on military matters'. The impatience of the Speaker and members at the postponement of the Prorogation of Parliament by obstruction and talk of those 'with no other occupation'. Lord Palmerston's imputation as to Sir George de Lacy Evans' desire to be Commander in Chief in India. Lord Palmerston on the reason for H. Danby Seymour's omission from Government and his consequent attitude to it.
LanguageEnglish
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