Record

Document Reference	Os C 397
Title	Letter from [W.H. Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck], 4th Duke of Portland, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, to J.E. Denison; 3 Jan. 1850
Date	3 January 1850
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to arrangements carried out on Scottish drainage scheme; states that he supplied labour and tiles and tenants carried out carriage work; refers to questions of value of work which arose when tenants left estate; comments on increase in land values due to drainage; refers to Denison's calculations; states that he will not follow R. Peel's example.
Term	estate business, tenants
	agriculture, drainage
	land, use of
	agricultural improvements

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1860	Peel; Robert (1788-1850); 2nd Baronet; Prime Minister 1841-1846	1788-1850
NA1045	Bentinck; William H. Cavendish-Scott- (1768-1854); 4th Duke of Portland; styled Marquess of Titchfield 1768-1809	1768-1854
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873