Record

Os - Papers of John Evelyn Denison, Viscount Ossington (1800-1873)
- 1 - Papers of J.E. Denison and the Denison family.
  - C - Correspondence of J.E. Denison and the Denison family.

Document Reference	Os C 321
Title	Letter from [F. Egerton], 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Hatchford, Surrey, to J.E. Denison; 9 Nov. 1851
Date	9 November 1851
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments that he knows of nothing 'but Napier & the dispatches' which tell anything about the Duke; refers to Wellington's performance in Peninsular War and informs him that he has notes from their conversations; refers to 'literary piracy' which prevents publication of translations; comments that he has German works to translate; states that Muffling's memoirs contain description of Belgian Campaign and refers to publication in Quarterly [Review]; refers to 'Manchester Mayor' and his supporters and information concerning Kossuth; alludes to Sir Dudley Ward sending for Sir Jus[tice] Clarke; refers to his children being at Stackpole; comments that he is waiting for Duke to vacate Walmer [Castle] before taking possession. Signed E.E.; autograph note by J.E. Denison on f 2v reads 'Ld Ellesmere 1851 nothing to recommend about the D of Wellington no authentic record'
Term	publications, journals, 'Quarterly Review'
	publishing
	wars, Peninsular War 1808-14

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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6019	Wellesley; Arthur (1769-1852); 1st Duke of Wellington	1769-1852
NA6115	Napier; Charles (1786-1860); Sir; admiral of the fleet	1786-1860
NA9483	Stuart; Dudley C. (1803-1854); Lord	1803-1854
NA2006	Kossuth; Lajos (1802-1894); Hungarian statesman	1802-1894
NA9893	Müffling; Friedrich K.F. (1775-1851); Field-Marshal; Prussian commander and cartographer	1775-1851
NA9894	Clarke; Robert B. (1802-1881); Sir; chief justice of Barbados and St Lucia knighted 1840	1802-1881
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

Places

Code	Set
PL10182	/Stackpole/Pembrokeshire/Wales
PL10183	/Walmer/Kent/England
PL986	/Leeds/Yorkshire/England
PL1	/Nottingham/Nottinghamshire/England
PL50	/Birmingham/England
PL9389	/Manchester/Lancashire/England

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