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CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/C/15/72
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Queen Victoria to Earl Russell
Date28 June 1866
WriterVictoria, Queen
AddresseeRussell, 1st Earl
DescriptionQueen Victoria comments on the absence of a precedent for the creation of peerages on the recommendation of an outgoing Minister, especially in view of the recent creations. She ask Earl Russell to limit the recommendations to Lord Monck and Lord Cremorne. Queen Victoria consents to Earl Russell's proposals for baronetcies and to Thomas Erskine May being made a Knight Commander of the Bath (K.C.B.).
LanguageEnglish
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