Record

Document Reference	Os C 54
Title	Letter from W. E. Gladstone, House of Commons, London, to J.E. Denison; 8 Dec. 1868
Date	8 December 1868
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Informs Denison that Sir George Grey and Wilson Patten will propose and second him [for Speakership] and Lord Advocate [Moncrieff] will acknowledge his election on behalf of Government.
Term	elections, speakership, 1868
	appointments, government
	patronage, political
	governments, Liberal Government 1868-74

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6685	Grey; George (1799-1882); 2nd Baronet; statesman	1799-1882
NA9623	Patten; John Wilson (1802-1892); Baron Winmarleigh; Lancashire M.P. and statesman created 1874	1802-1892
NA9624	Moncreiff; James (1811-1895); 1st Baron Moncreiff; Lord Advocate 1851-2 1852-58 1859-66 1868-9; created 1874	1811-1895
NA982	Gladstone; William E. (1809-1898); P.M. 1868-74 1880-85 1886 1892-94	1809-1898
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873