Record

Document Reference	Os C 518
Title	Letter from [H.P.F. Pelham-Clinton], 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, to J.E. Denison; 8 Aug. 1852
Date	8 August 1852
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Archaeological Society is meeting at Newark and writes to inform Denison of date; comments that Mr Pettigrew is driving force behind Society; believes 'they come to Worksop to antiquize & to Clumber to modernize'; informs him that he cannot accept invitation to Ossington; refers to [parliamentary] elections and numbers in House of Commons; refers to Lord Derby's supporters; states that Lord Clarendon believes Liberal Government can only be formed under Lord John Russell; believes Russell as Premier to be 'an impossibility'; comments that Lord Derby is ill.
Term	elections, parliamentary 1852
	antiquities, study of
	archaeology
	clubs and societies, Archaeological Society
	social life
	political parties, Liberals

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA10093	Pettigrew; Thomas J. (1791-1865); Mr; surgeon and antiquary	1791-1865
NA6073	Stanley; Edward G. Smith- (1799-1869); 14th Earl of Derby; statesman	1799-1869
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA945	Clinton; Henry P.F. Pelham- (1811-1864); 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; styled Earl of Lincoln until 1851	1811-1864
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873