CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/33/81
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Lord Palmerston to Queen Victoria
Date4 September 1865
WriterPalmerston, Henry, 3rd Viscount
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionMr Hugh C.E. Childers' acceptance of the Secretaryship of the Treasury, on the resignation of Mr F. Peel. The appointment made by the Board and not by the Crown; no re-election therefore required. Lord Palmerston on the success of the meetings of the English and French squadrons at Cherbourg, Brest and Portsmouth. Political advantage on both sides of the Atlantic. Attitude of the French Navy, as compared with the Army, to England.
LanguageEnglish
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