| Collection | Victorian Papers, Main Series |
| Description | Since Lord Alfred Paget is wanted in London to attend Parliament, the Queen has desired him to go to London immediately, and to write to Colonel [Charles] Grey to ask Northumberland to take his Waiting: but she feels that it is impossible for her Equerries to be in Parliament, as the Equerry is the only Officer in her Household who has constant duties to perform, and who must be in attendence, whether in or out of Town. Lord Alfred has not been in Waiting on the Queen for 5 months; and on the second he was on duty and leaving Town, he was called to return. The Queen only has one gentleman with her now at Osborne, in addition to the Master of the Household, and consequently cannot dispense with him. If Lord John Russell think some of her Gentlemen should be in Parliament to assist in the despatch of business, it would be better to have some Grooms in Waiting who are Members of Parliament, not Equerries. |