Record

Document Reference	Os C 530
Title	Letter from [H.G. Grey], 3rd Earl Grey, Carlton Terrace, London, to J.E. Denison; 20 Mar. 1855
Date	20 March 1855
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to General Eyre's letter which he returns; refers to delay caused by Lady Grey's wish to show it to Lady C[harlotte] Copley; states that letter when combined with evidence before committee and House of Lords debate lead to conclusion Lord Raglan is unfit to command; refers to [Crimean] campaign; comments that William Denison has left Van Diemen's Land; discusses his beneficial regime in colony.
Term	governments, Palmerston Government 1855-58
	colonial affairs
	wars, Crimean War 1853-6
	parliamentary business, debates
	armies, British, armed forces

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA991	Somerset; Fitzroy J.H. (1788-1855); 1st Baron Raglan	1788-1855
NA9696	Grey; Maria (1803-1879); Countess Grey; née Copley wife 3rd Earl	1803-1879
NA9880	Eyre; William (1805-1859); Sir; Major-General	1805-1859
NA207	Denison; William T. (1804-1871); Sir; colonial governor brother of J.E. Denison knighted 1846	1804-1871
NA10101	Copley; Charlotte (-1875); Lady; née Anderson-Pelham sister-in-law of Maria Grey	-1875
NA6636	Grey; Henry G. (1802-1894); 3rd Earl Grey	1802-1894
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873