CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/24/72
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Lord Palmerston to Queen Victoria
Date14 June 1855
WriterPalmerston, Henry, 3rd Viscount
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionLord Palmerston's arguments, in reply to Queen Victoria, in favour of Sir James Carnegie's restoration to the Earldom of Southesk. Lord Palmerston on the possibility of the development of Westminster School. Comparison with other public schools. Necessity, for this purpose, of removing it into the country; Henley-on-Thames suggested. Possible use, in that event, of the present site. His views on Rugby School: 'Not altogether conducted on a footing to place it in the same class as Eton and Harrow'.
LanguageEnglish
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