Record

Document Reference	Os C 521
Title	Letter from [F. Egerton], 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Worsley, Lancashire, to J.E. Denison; 20 Nov. 1853
Date	20 November 1853
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on difficulties in answering letters due to Denison's movements in Italy; comments on [Pope Pius IX]; refers to his ill-health; comments on strikes and economic distress in neighbourhood [Lancashire]; states that miners are more contented than 'manufacturing population'; refers to Lord John Russell's pledge on franchise; states that it is impossible to publish account of their American expedition; comments on [Daniel Webster] and state of American art; refers to [Benjamin] Haydon as 'a clever author & excrable artist' and advises Denison to read his journal; refers to dining with with Lady Shelburne and 'Sir Joshuas Mrs Sheridan'; refers to news of [Lord] Beaufort and [Princess] Esterhazy; comments on divisions in Cabinet over reform; believes Palmerston and Gladstone are held in public esteem; refers to book of Faraday lectures concerning properties of ozone.
Term	art, American
	parliamentary business, reform
	economic affairs
	industrial unrest, strikes
	social conditions, England
	social news
	science, ozone
	public opinion
	government departments, Cabinet

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6087	Pius IX (1792-1878); Pope; Giovanni M.M. Ferretti Pope from 1846	1792-1878
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA9690	Webster; Daniel (1782-1852); Mr; American statesman	1782-1852
NA10094	Haydon; Benjamin R. (1786-1846); Mr; artist and author	1786-1846
NA143	Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865	1784-1865
NA982	Gladstone; William E. (1809-1898); P.M. 1868-74 1880-85 1886 1892-94	1809-1898
NA10095	Faraday; Michael (1791-1867); Mr; scientist	1791-1867
NA9701	Fitzmaurice; Emily J. Petty- (1819-1895); Marchioness of Lansdowne; Lady Shelburne until 1863 Baroness Naire from 1867 wife of 4th Marquess	1819-1895
NA10096	Somerset; Henry (1792-1853); 7th Duke of Beaufort; M.P. succeeded 1835	1792-1853
NA10097	Esterhazy; Sarah F.C. (1822-1853); Princess Esterhazy; daughter of 5th Earl of Jersey	1822-1853
NA9447	Egerton; Francis (1800-1857); 1st Earl of Ellesmere; also F. Leveson-Gower M.P.	1800-1857
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873