Record

Document Reference	De Wm C 39
Title	Letter from E. Denison, 49 Philpot Street, London; 11 Aug. 1867
Date	11 August 1867
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Discusses in detail photograph he is sending him for approval; comments on state of health of [J.]E. and Lady C. [Denison]; discusses Gladstone's recent speech on representation of minorities [Representation of the People Bill]; refers to the English 'constitution' as obsolete; recommends [Thomas] Carlyle's article 'Shooting Niagara'; states that he is giving unprepared lecture which he considers an achievement given his own self-doubt; wishes him luck in fishing; comments on weather; sends love to Minny.
Term	art, photographs
	parliamentary business, speeches
	parliamentary business, bills, Representation of the People Bill 1867
	publications, articles, 'Macmillan's Magazine'
	lectures
	governments, Conservative Government 1866-68

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873
NA1016	Scott; Charlotte (1806-1889); Viscountess Ossington; née Cavendish-Bentinck m 1827 J.E. Denison Viscount Ossington	1806-1889
NA982	Gladstone; William E. (1809-1898); P.M. 1868-74 1880-85 1886 1892-94	1809-1898
NA8621	Denison; Edward (1840-1870); Mr; philanthropist; nephew of J.E. Denison	1840-1870