Record

Document Reference	Os C 474
Title	Letter from Rev. C. Drury, Pontesbury, Shropshire, to J.E. Denison; 11 Apr. 1857
Date	11 April 1857
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on Denison's character for post as Speaker; describes personal politics as 'confined'; states that he is alarmed at emigration; refers to labour and colonies; believes that emigration is now cheap and easy due to steam and sail; states that he is in ill-health; refers to protocol of addressing Speaker.
Term	elections, speakership, 1857
	social news, health
	colonial affairs, labour
	emigration

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1016	Scott; Charlotte (1806-1889); Viscountess Ossington; née Cavendish-Bentinck m 1827 J.E. Denison Viscount Ossington	1806-1889
NA9017	Drury; Charles (-1869); Rev.; tutor of J.E. Denison; Rector of Pontesbury 1824	-1869
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873