Record

Document Reference	Os C 188
Title	Letter from W.E. Gladstone, 11 Carlton House Terrace, London, to J.E. Denison; 6 Dec. 1868
Date	6 December 1868
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Informs Denison that if Sir George Grey refuses office he will ask Grey or Sir R. Palmer to propose Denison for speakership; has written to Disraeli to ask him to name seconder; informs him that he is sending documents relating to course of business and refers to assistance of Sir Erskine May; recommends Denison communicate with Lord Justice Page Wood; announces proposed members of new Government. Refers to Os C 187.
Term	parliamentary business, speaker
	governments, Liberal Government 1868-74
	parliamentary business, procedures
	appointments, government
	patronage, political

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6685	Grey; George (1799-1882); 2nd Baronet; statesman	1799-1882
NA7596	Palmer; Roundell (1812-1895); 1st Earl of Selborne; politician created Baron 1872 and Earl 1882	1812-1895
NA314	Disraeli; Benjamin (1804-1881); 1st Earl of Beaconsfield; statesman; created Earl of Beaconsfield 1876	1804-1881
NA9720	May; Thomas Erskine (1815-1886); 1st Baron Farnborough; constitutional jurist created 1886	1815-1886
NA6982	Wood; William Page (1801-1881); Baron Hatherley; Lord Chancellor 1868-72	1801-1881
NA6137	Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman	1815-1891
NA2016	Campbell; George D. (1823-1900); 8th Duke of Argyll; Whig M.P.	1823-1900
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA6979	Cardwell; Edward (1813-1886); Viscount Cardwell; created 1874	1813-1886
NA923	Bright; John (1811-1889); statesman and orator	1811-1889
NA6999	Lowe; Robert (1811-1892); 1st Viscount Sherbrooke; politician; created Viscount 1880	1811-1892
NA2723	Childers; Hugh C.E. (1827-1896); Mr; statesman home secretary 1886	1827-1896
NA9755	Fortescue; Chichester S. Parkinson- (1823-1898); 1st Baron Carlingford; statesman; peerage 1874	1823-1898
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA982	Gladstone; William E. (1809-1898); P.M. 1868-74 1880-85 1886 1892-94	1809-1898
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873