Record

Document Reference	Os C 154
Title	Letter from Lord G.C.H. Somerset, Grosvenor Square, London, to J.E. Denison; 24 Dec. 1834
Date	24 December 1834
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Informs Denison that he has been asked by Sir Robert Peel to offer one of India Board secretaryships [sic] to aid Denison on Indian Affairs Committee; refers to appointment of Mr Praed [to Board of Control]; Lord Ellenborough wishes for one Secretary for Financial Department. Autograph note by J.E. Denison on f 4v reads 'Ld G. Somerset offering me by Sir R. Peel's desire the Sec. of the Bd. of Control'.
Term	patronage, political
	parliamentary business, committees, Indian Affairs Committee
	appointments, government
	government departments, financial

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1860	Peel; Robert (1788-1850); 2nd Baronet; Prime Minister 1841-1846	1788-1850
NA9715	Praed; Winthrop M. (1802-1839); Mr; M.P. 1830-37 poet	1802-1839
NA6666	Law; Edward (1790-1871); Earl of Ellenborough; 2nd baron cr. earl 1844	1790-1871
NA9716	Somerset; Granville C.H. (1792-1848); Lord; M.P. 1828-48	1792-1848
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873