Record

Document Reference	Os C 429
Title	Letter from [W.H. Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck], 4th Duke of Portland, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, to J.E. Denison; 23 Aug. 1848
Date	23 August 1848
Extent	3 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has returned Denison's letters; comments on [Charles] Greville's letter concerning Guizot; states that Government could not expect to put down Irish rebellion 'by the verdicts of juries' and refers to his previous letters where he states he hoped convictions would fail; discusses conduct of Louis Philippe over Spanish marriages; refers to contents of Lord Aberdeen's letter; believes Mr Bulwer had been 'intriguing' on matter in order to gain royal patronage; comments on experiments with bean crop; refers to weather which has delayed Miss Harpham's departure.
Term	weather, England
	agricultural improvements
	agriculture, crops, beans
	civil disorder, Irish rebellion 1848
	diplomacy, Spanish marriages
	politics, European
	patronage, royal

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9772	Guizot; Francois P.G. (1787-1874); Monsieur; French historian and statesman	1787-1874
NA9773	Greville; Charles C.F. (1794-1865); Mr	1794-1865
NA7509	Louis Philippe (1773-1850); King of the French; (reigned 1830-48)	1773-1850
NA142	Gordon; George Hamilton- (1784-1860); 4th Earl of Aberdeen	1784-1860
NA6207	Bulwer; W. Henry L. Earle (1801-1872); 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer; diplomat cr. baron 1871	1801-1872
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