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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/A/15/81
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Sir Robert Peel to Queen Victoria
Date	30 October 1843
Writer	Peel, Robert, Sir, 2nd Baronet
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Peel congratulates Queen Victoria on her visit to Cambridge University. Mr Lonsdale asks for time to consider, since acceptance of the Bishopric of Lichfield means relinquishment of King's College. Civil List pensions: £200 for encouragement of Science in Ireland. Peel advises inquiry as to qualifications of most eminent scientists in Ireland. Lord Eliot names some, and Peel recommends Sir William Hamilton, Astronomer Royal. Peel gives list of present pensioners.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
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