Record

Document Reference	Os C 26
Title	Letter from F. Leveson-Gower, [later 1st Earl of Ellesmere], London, to J.E. Denison; 25 Dec. 1825
Date	25 December 1825
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Hopes arrangements will be made with Lord Yarborough for Lincolnshire shooting party; discusses negotiations with his father [Duke of Sutherland] over opposition to canal and railway plans; requests that Denison keep discussion confidential; includes news of social engagements in London at which he lists protagonists.
Term	social life, England
	canals
	railways

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9445	Pelham; Charles Anderson- (1781-1846); 1st Earl of Yarborough; M.P. 1803-23	1781-1846
NA9465	Wellesley; Catherine S.D. (1773-1831); Duchess of Wellington; daughter of 2nd Baron Longford	1773-1831
NA9466	O'Connell; Daniel (1775-1847); Mr; Irish politician	1775-1847
NA6634	Cooper; Anthony Ashley- (1801-1885); 7th Earl of Shaftesbury; succ. 1851; styled Lord Ashley 1811-51	1801-1885
NA9467	Gower; George G. Sutherland-Leveson- (1786-1861); 2nd Duke of Sutherland; succeeded 1833	1786-1861
NA9447	Egerton; Francis (1800-1857); 1st Earl of Ellesmere; also F. Leveson-Gower M.P.	1800-1857
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873