Record

Document Reference	Ne C 10024/1-2
Title	Letter from [George H. Gordon] 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Argyll House, to [Henry Pelham-Clinton], 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; 15 Oct. 1854
Date	15 October 1854
Extent	3 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that 'no specific charge' has been made against Admiral Dundas with the exception of him having failed to prevent the Russians from entering the Crimea; agrees that Dundas is 'remiss and incapable' but he cannot agree to his recall without a 'specific charge'; comments that Sir Edward Lyons would also object on these grounds; believes that they will take Sevastopol 'in a few days' after which time Dundas can return to England. Some parts of the text have been lost due to fire damage - possibly in the fire at Clumber in 1879. Ne C 10024/2 is the wrapper.
Term	wars, Crimean 1853-1856
	resignations and dismissals, Admiral Dundas
	sieges, Sevastopol 1854-1855
Physical Description	conserved
Condition	damaged by fire

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA16042	Dundas; James W.D. (1785-1862); Admiral; commander of British fleet during Crimean war; assumed name Dundas 1808	1785-1862
NA6054	Lyons; Edmund (1790-1858); 1st Baron Lyons; admiral	1790-1858
NA142	Gordon; George Hamilton- (1784-1860); 4th Earl of Aberdeen	1784-1860
NA945	Clinton; Henry P.F. Pelham- (1811-1864); 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; styled Earl of Lincoln until 1851	1811-1864