Record

Document Reference	Ne C 6463
Title	Letter from G. Tallents, Newark, Nottinghamshire, to Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire; 23 Dec. 1845
Date	23 December 1845
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on the current uncertainty surrounding the Corn Law; mentions the Maynooth question and how it might split the party; discusses the resignations of Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel; believes that Gladstone will not stand again without the duke's support; comments that Lord John Manners would support the agricultural interest.
Term	resignations and dismissals, Russell and Peel 1845
	Irish affairs, Maynooth Grant
	Corn Laws
Publication Note	Published as part of the 'Politics of the 4th Duke of Newcastle' e-learning resource on the website of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA1860	Peel; Robert (1788-1850); 2nd Baronet; Prime Minister 1841-1846	1788-1850
NA2694	Manners; John J.R. (1818-1906); 7th Duke of Rutland; Conservative M.P.	1818-1906
NA982	Gladstone; William E. (1809-1898); P.M. 1868-74 1880-85 1886 1892-94	1809-1898
NA8369	Tallents; Godfrey (1811-1877); Mr; solicitor and agent of the Duke of Newcastle; of Newark, Nottinghamshire	1811-1877
NA900	Clinton; Henry P.F. Pelham- (1785-1851); 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne	1785-1851