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Document ReferenceOs C 19
TitleLetter from E.G. Stanley, [14th later Earl of Derby], Knowsley, Lancashire, to J.E Denison, Ossington, Nottinghamshire; 9 Oct. n.y. [1825]
Date9 October 1825
Extent4 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionComments on birth of son to Lord and Lady Wilton and subsequent lack of inheritance of 'Bob' Grosvenor; refers to supervision of building and planting affairs in Ireland; comments on changes in Irish society including interest taken by upper classes in lower classes; believes Irish Committees have altered attitudes in England to state of Ireland; country is generally quiet and he links social unrest to severity of either tithes or individual landlords; refers to Tithe Composition Act; hopes to hear of Wilmot Horton's plans for Ireland including plan for emigration; has heard from Colonel Talbot as to state of Canada and believes he wishes to be on Emigration Committee; expects dissolution of parliament in March - making two half sessions.
TermNorth American affairs, politics
parliamentary business, committees, Emigration Committee 1825
emigration
social conditions, Ireland
birth
parliamentary business, acts, Tithe Composition Act
religious affairs, Roman Catholic emancipation
parliamentary business, dissolution

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA9441Horton; Robert J.W. (1784-1841); 3rd Baronet1784-1841
NA9450Egerton; Thomas (1799-1882); 2nd Earl of Wilton; previously Grosvenor1799-1882
NA9451Egerton; Mary M. (1801-1858); Countess of Wilton; née Stanley wife of 2nd Earl1801-1858
NA9452Egerton; Thomas G. (1825-1830); Viscount Grey de Wilton; son of 2nd Earl of Wilton1825-1830
NA9453Grosvenor; Robert (1801-1893); 1st Baron Ebury; M.P. created 18571801-1893
NA9441Horton; Robert J.W. (1784-1841); 3rd Baronet1784-1841
NA9454Talbot; Thomas (-1853); Colonel-1853
NA6073Stanley; Edward G. Smith- (1799-1869); 14th Earl of Derby; statesman1799-1869
NA199Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 18721800-1873
Places
CodeSet
PL198/Ireland
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