CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/24/1
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Lord Palmerston to Queen Victoria
Date20 February 1855
WriterPalmerston, Henry, 3rd Viscount
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionCabinet discussion on the Roebuck Committee of Inquiry on Crimean War and its composition. Lord Palmerston's view of the inevitability of its appointment. Objections of other members. Attitude of Mr Gladstone and Sir J. Graham and the possibility of their resignation. Answer to their arguments. Action to be taken in event of their failure to agree. Lord Palmerston's request to Queen Victoria to fix a day to receive the seals of the Duchy of Lancaster from Lord Granville George, 2nd Earl Granville, and hand them to the Earl of Carlisle. The effect of the Naval blockade against Russia in Crimea.
LanguageEnglish
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