Record

Document Reference	Os C 160
Title	Letter from T.E. May, [later 1st Baron Farnborough], Florence, Italy, to J.E. Denison; 18 Oct. 1863
Date	18 October 1863
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to leisure pursuits in Switerland and Italian Lakes; has been spending time in churches and art galleries; refers to meeting Sir Robert Peel in France; comments on troops in Milan; has travelled to many Italian cities; is impressed by art and paintings in Florence; states that historical and literary sites are crowded; mentions work of historical and literary figures; has followed political matters in newspapers; comments on death and state of health of named politicians; asks for news from England.
Term	travel, Italy
	travel, Switzerland
	travel, France
	social life, Italy
	buildings, churches
	art, galleries
	culture, Italian

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6469	Peel; Robert (1822-1895); 3rd Baronet; M.P. and diplomat	1822-1895
NA314	Disraeli; Benjamin (1804-1881); 1st Earl of Beaconsfield; statesman; created Earl of Beaconsfield 1876	1804-1881
NA143	Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865	1784-1865
NA6069	Brougham; Henry P. (1778-1868); 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Lord Chancellor	1778-1868
NA1016	Scott; Charlotte (1806-1889); Viscountess Ossington; née Cavendish-Bentinck m 1827 J.E. Denison Viscount Ossington	1806-1889
NA9719	Ellice; Edward (1781-1863); Mr; 'the Elder' M.P. 1831-63	1781-1863
NA8940	Whately; Richard (1787-1863); Archbishop of Dublin; Archbishop 1831-63	1787-1863
NA6028	Copley; John S. (1772-1863); 1st Baron Lyndhurst; Lord Chancellor	1772-1863
NA9720	May; Thomas Erskine (1815-1886); 1st Baron Farnborough; constitutional jurist created 1886	1815-1886
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873

Places