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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/A/33/31
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Lord Palmerston to Queen Victoria
Date	7 February 1865
Writer	Palmerston, Henry, 3rd Viscount
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Suggestion by a member of the House of Commons as to the Prince of Wales being made Viceroy of Ireland, as a remedy for the evils there. John George Dodson to succeed Mr W.N. Massey as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Intention of proposing the Right Honourable George Ward Hunt dropped in the absence of precedent for opposition to Government on the point. Lord Palmerston on Henry Danby Seymour: no doubt 'in his eyes the great sin of the Government, namely, not having offered him office'.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
Level	Item

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