Record

Document Reference	Os C 380
Title	Letter from C. Paget, Ruddington Grange, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, to J.E. Denison; 4 May 1848
Date	4 May 1848
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to change in state of electoral reform question; comments on writings by [George] Wilson; describes last Nottingham election as 'instructive'; states that [Thomas] Gisbourne lost his seat due to his opposition to Factory Act and Framework Knitters Bill; comments that [John] Walter gained his support due to his father's opposition to poor law; describes Members as 'worst class of Tories'; believes them to be corrupt protectionists; refers to Lord Manners shaking hands with Charles Cooper; comments if borough is represented by Fergus O'Connor then Louis Blanc should be Prime Minister; refers to farming experiments with grasses and hoeing wheat.
Term	elections, electioneering
	agricultural improvements
	political parties, Protectionists
	political parties, Tories
	elections, Nottinghamshire 1848
	Poor Law
	parliamentary business, reform
	governments, Whig Government 1846-52
	agriculture, crops, wheat

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA10000	Wilson; George (1808-1870); Mr; chairman Anti-Corn Law League 1841-6 President National Reform Union 1864	1808-1870
NA1900	Cobden; Richard (1804-1865); Mr; statesman	1804-1865
NA9734	Manners; Charles C.J. (1815-1888); 6th Duke of Rutland	1815-1888
NA9999	O'Connor; Feargus (1794-1855); Mr; Chartist leader M.P. 1847	1794-1855
NA10001	Blanc; J.J. Louis (1811-1882); Monsieur; French Socialist statesman	1811-1882
NA10002	Dickinson; Joseph (-1865); Mr; botanist	-1865
NA10003	Walter; John (1818-1894); Mr; M.P. chief proprietor of The Times	1818-1894
NA10005	Gisbourne; Thomas (1794-1852); Mr; 'the younger' M.P.	1794-1852
NA9523	Paget; Charles (1799-1873); Mr; M.P. for Ruddington Nottinghamshire 1856-65	1799-1873
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873
NA17383	Walter; John (1776-1847); Mr; chief proprietor of The Times; M.P. for Nottingham 1841-1842, 1842 election declared void	1776-1847