Record

Document Reference	Os C 439
Title	Letter from [G.H. Gordon], 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Haddo House, Scotland, to J.E. Denison; 17 Nov. 1848
Date	17 November 1848
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments that he intends to travel to London and will visit Denison from Drayton; informs him that Canning is also to visit; refers to intelligence received from Lady Haddo that Denison and Lady Charlotte will not visit Scotland this year; believes next year will be full of astounding events; refers to Prussia and believes its monarchy to be in critical condition; refers to drinking habits of the Emperor and [Baron] Bunsen; comments on character of Emperor Ferdinand and King Frederick.
Term	social visits
	politics, Prussian
	monarchy, Prussian

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1109	Canning; Charles J. (1812-1862); Earl Canning; governor general of India 1856-1862	1812-1862
NA1016	Scott; Charlotte (1806-1889); Viscountess Ossington; née Cavendish-Bentinck m 1827 J.E. Denison Viscount Ossington	1806-1889
NA6081	Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1795-1861); King of Prussia; ( succeeded 1840)	1795-1861
NA6074	Bunsen; Christian K.J. (1791-1860); Baron; Prussian diplomat	1791-1860
NA7616	Ferdinand I (1793-1875); Emperor of Austria; ( reigned 1835-48)	1793-1875
NA10035	Gordon; Mary (-1900); Countess of Aberdeen; styled Lady Haddo until 1860 née Baillie	-1900
NA142	Gordon; George Hamilton- (1784-1860); 4th Earl of Aberdeen	1784-1860
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873