Record

Document Reference	Os C 214
Title	Letter from W. Stirling[-Maxwell], Keir, Dunblane, Scotland, to J.E. Denison; 4 Apr. 1857
Date	4 April 1857
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to unfair political attack on him in connection with elections; is sending Denison newspaper cutting; refers to Campbell's election speech at Inverness as 'the maddest piece of oratory I have read for long'; comments on Mr Merry's public meeting; states that he has added to his herd of shorthorns; refers to tough election prospects at Lanark and refers to candidacy of Mr Cochrane [Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie].
Term	elections, speeches
	animals, cattle
	meetings, public
	elections, Inverness 1857
	elections, Falkirk 1857
	elections, Lanark 1857

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9793	Campbell; Alexander (1814-1869); Mr; M.P.	1814-1869
NA9794	Merry; James (1805-1877); Mr; M.P. Falkirk 1857-74	1805-1877
NA9795	Baillie; Alexander D. Cochrane-Wishart- (1816-1890); 1st Baron Lamington; M.P. created 1880	1816-1890
NA9796	Matheson; Alexander (1805-1886); 1st Baronet; M.P. Inverness 1847-68 Ross 1868-84; created Baronet Matheson of Lochalsh 1882	1805-1886
NA9568	Maxwell; William Stirling- (1818-1878); 9th Baronet; M.P. historical writer and agriculturist succeeded 1865	1818-1878
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873