Record

Document Reference	Os C 492
Title	Letter from Lord G. Bentinck, to J.E. Denison; n.d. [1830]
Date	1830 (c)
Extent	5 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Informs him that Lord Sefton is unwilling to write to Liverpool builders Mr Stewart or Mr Foster as he believes they will not be influenced and will support Mr Ewart [in election]; informs him that Mr Rushton has visited concerning election subscription; would be impolitic for him to collect for own brother-in-law; states that he cannot expect financial support from Whigs; Labouchere has undertaken to see friends about finances including Lord Stanley; comments that election will be expensive but in future elections he could expect support of Liverpool merchants; believes the days of Wellington Government to be numbered; comments on Brougham's Reform motion; refers to Wellington's anti-reform speech in session; believes Lord Grey and Palmerston's friends will succeed to ministry. Refers to 1830 Liverpool bye-election; relates to Os C 493.
Term	political parties, Whigs
	patronage, social
	financial affairs, elections
	elections, Liverpool 1830
	patronage, political
	elections, cost of
	parliamentary business, reform
	governments, Wellington Ministry 1830

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9945	Ewart; William (1798-1869); Mr; M.P. 1828-68	1798-1869
NA6474	Labouchere; Henry (1798-1869); 1st Baron Taunton; statesman	1798-1869
NA6073	Stanley; Edward G. Smith- (1799-1869); 14th Earl of Derby; statesman	1799-1869
NA6019	Wellesley; Arthur (1769-1852); 1st Duke of Wellington	1769-1852
NA6069	Brougham; Henry P. (1778-1868); 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Lord Chancellor	1778-1868
NA10077	Molyneux; William P. (1772-1838); 2nd Earl of Sefton; styled Viscount Molyneux until 1795	1772-1838
NA6026	Grey; Charles (1764-1845); 2nd Earl Grey	1764-1845
NA143	Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865	1784-1865
NA10078	Foster; John (c.1787-1846); Mr; Liverpool builder and architect	c.1787-1846
NA10079	Rushton; Edward (1796-1851); Mr; barrister member of Liverpool reform party	1796-1851
NA1081	Bentinck; W. George F. Cavendish- (1802-1848); Lord; Lord George Bentinck M.P.; son of 4th Duke of Portland	1802-1848
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873