Record

Document Reference	Os C 240
Title	Notes by J.E. Denison concerning Sir H.J.W. Bentinck and Crimean War; 21 Jan. 1855
Date	21 January 1855
Extent	8 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Consists of notes on Crimean war; refers to enquiry into undertaking of Crimean expedition; asks if order came from Government or Lord Raglan; comments on siege of Sebastopol; states that Raglan blames Lord Lucan for disaster [at Balaclava]; discusses cavalry advance and states that Captain Nolan rode with order; lists events leading to cavalry charge; refers to cavalry at Battle of Alma under Lord Cardigan; contrasts French and English armies in Spain and Crimea; refers to Sir George Cathcart's death.
Term	wars, Crimean War 1853-6
	military campaigns, Siege of Sebastopol 1854-5
	armies, British, armed forces
	armies, French, armed forces
	battles, Battle of Alma 1854
	battles, Battle of Balaclava 1854

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA991	Somerset; Fitzroy J.H. (1788-1855); 1st Baron Raglan	1788-1855
NA9815	Bingham; George C. (1800-1888); 3rd Earl of Lucan; field-marshal	1800-1888
NA9816	Nolan; Lewis E. (1818-1854); Captain	1818-1854
NA985	Victoria (1819-1901); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India	1819-1901
NA986	Albert (1819-1861); Prince Consort; (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; husband of Queen Victoria)	1819-1861
NA6294	Brudenell; James T. (1797-1868); 7th Earl of Cardigan; M.P.	1797-1868
NA9817	Cathcart; George (1794-1854); Sir	1794-1854
NA9818	Bentinck; Henry J.W. (1796-1878); Sir; general 1867	1796-1878
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873

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