| Collection | Victorian Papers, Main Series |
| Description | Vacancy in the office of Custos Rotulorum, Isle of Ely, by the death of Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford. E.A.S., 12th Duke of Somerset, submitted for the appointment. Lord Palmerston on the proposal to create a second peerage in the family of the Duke of Sutherland (G.G.W. Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland); Queen Victoria's consent given to the proposal to confer the title of Countess of Cromarty on the Duchess of Sutherland (Anne Hay Mackenzie) with the remainder to her second son. Previous history of the title. |