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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/C/10/66
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell
Date	13 February 1853
Writer	Victoria, Queen
Addressee	Russell, John, Lord
Description	With regard to the Leadership of the House of Commons, Queen Victoria is glad to hear that Lord John Russell thinks the House of Commons is favourable to the Government. Queen Victoria has not expressed any opinion as to Lord John Russell undertaking the Leadership of the Commons without office - whether Constitutional or not. As Walpole said, it would not have been contemplated if illegal; but it may prove a dangerous precedent. Queen Victoria was prepared to endorse the Speaker's suggestion that the Leadership was so laborious that no office ought to be assigned to it. Queen Victoria's objection was that the change should have been practically decided upon to meet personal wants under peculiar circumstances, leaving the Queen the alternative either to forego her prrerogative or to damage by her own act the formation of the new Government.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
Level	Item

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