Record

Document Reference	Os C 38
Title	Letter from J.E. Denison, House of Commons, London, to Rev. E. Denison, [later Bishop of Salisbury], Merton College, Oxford; 9 Feb. n.y. [1836]
Date	9 February 1836
Extent	3 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to discussion with [David] Dundas; comments in detail on situation regarding appointments to Oxford colleges; refers to Hampden, Short and Longley in their role as protagonists in Oxford politics; refers to news of appointment coming from Copleston as his friend was in discussion with Lord Lansdowne; Edward Denison is held to be 'in the very first rank of men' to go into Church.
Term	occupations and professions, clerical
	appointments, educational
	patronage, university

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9496	Dundas; David (1799-1877); Sir; barrister and M.P.	1799-1877
NA9506	Hampden; Renn D. (1793-1868); Bishop of Hereford	1793-1868
NA8940	Whately; Richard (1787-1863); Archbishop of Dublin; Archbishop 1831-63	1787-1863
NA677	Copleston; Edward (1776-1849); Bishop of Llandaff, and Provost of Oriel College Oxford	1776-1849
NA9507	Longley; Charles T. (1794-1868); Archbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop York 1860-2, Canterbury 1862-8	1794-1868
NA6250	Fitzmaurice; Henry Petty- (1780-1863); 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne; succeeded 1818	1780-1863
NA677	Copleston; Edward (1776-1849); Bishop of Llandaff, and Provost of Oriel College Oxford	1776-1849
NA9508	Phillimore; Joseph (1775-1844); Professor; M.P. and divine	1775-1844
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873
NA8625	Denison; Edward (1801-1854); Bishop of Salisbury; brother of J.E. Denison	1801-1854