Record

Document Reference	Ne C 9574
Title	Letter from Viscount [John] Canning [later Earl Canning], General Post Office, London, to Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; 8 Apr. 1853
Date	8 April 1853
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to the duke's recommendation that Mrs Walsh be appointed as postmistress of Grenada; says he sees no objection to a woman filling the position and has given directions for her appointment.
Term	appointments, colonial, postmistress
	postal service, colonial
	women, attitudes towards
	colonies, Grenada

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA16078	Walsh; - (fl 1853); Mrs; appointed postmistress of Grenada	fl 1853
NA1109	Canning; Charles J. (1812-1862); Earl Canning; governor general of India 1856-1862	1812-1862
NA945	Clinton; Henry P.F. Pelham- (1811-1864); 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; styled Earl of Lincoln until 1851	1811-1864