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CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/24/138
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Queen Victoria to Lord Palmerston
Date19 September 1855
WriterVictoria, Queen
AddresseePalmerston, Henry, 3rd Viscount
DescriptionQueen Victoria's reply to Lord Palmerston (no. 137) on the creation of life peerages, to supply the lack of Law Lords (for the Court of Legal Appeal -Lords) Lord J. Russell's proposal of a life peerage to Dr Stephen Lushington declined, due to his dislike of being the first. Mr Pemberton's Leigh's refusal of a peerage. Her Majesty's incredulity as to Benjamin Disraeli's alliance with Mr. Gladstone.
LanguageEnglish
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