CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/14/53
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Sir Robert Peel to Queen Victoria
Date12 May 1843
WriterPeel, Robert, Sir, 2nd Baronet
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionPeel suggests Gladstone as President of the Board of Trade, with a seat in Cabinet. The death of Lord William Vesey Fitzgerald (2nd Baron). Peel suggests that the Earl of Ripon be transferred from the Board of Trade, to the Board of Control, to succeed the late Lord Fitzgerald. Gladstone to be made President of the Board of Trade in his stead, with a seat in the Cabinet. Newspapers advocate this.
LanguageEnglish
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