CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/28/7
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Lord Palmerston to Queen Victoria
Date27 January 1860
WriterPalmerston, Henry, 3rd Viscount
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionLord Palmerston on Sir Maurice F.F. Berkeley's qualifications for a peerage. Question of his legitimacy. Lord Ward submitted for an Earldom. James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin's recommendation of a Companionship of the Order of the Bath (C.B.) for Mr Rowland Hill (after Sir). His suggestion for and execution of the penny postage system - 'one of the best administrative reforms of modern times'. William Hutt (after Sir) proposed as Vice President of the Board of Trade, on the removal of Mr W.F Cowper.
LanguageEnglish
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