Record

Document Reference	Os C 549
Title	Letter from [G.D. Campbell], 8th Duke of Argyll, Edinburgh, Scotland, to J.E. Denison; 24 Feb. 1852
Date	24 February 1852
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to Edinburgh elections; comments that he has not seen Mr Schmitz; states that town council is Radical and he does not know any of its members; comments that he does not relish dissolution [of Parliament] on Protectionist question; believes price rise in bread would cause political agitation; comments that Whigs are reforming power of opposition; believes increased revenues from import duties and protectionism would be politically dangerous in long term; refers to family and Duchesses' new child; comments on Palmerston and states Whigs have 'long cheered his claptrap'.
Term	family news, Campbell family
	taxation
	political parties, Whigs
	Protectionism
	political parties, Radicals
	elections, Edinburgh 1852
	parliamentary business, dissolution
	governments, Conservative Government 1852

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6894	Campbell; Elizabeth (1824-1878); Duchess of Argyll; styled Marchioness of Lorne 1844-47; wife of 8th Duke	1824-1878
NA143	Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865	1784-1865
NA1016	Scott; Charlotte (1806-1889); Viscountess Ossington; née Cavendish-Bentinck m 1827 J.E. Denison Viscount Ossington	1806-1889
NA1906	Schmitz; Leonhard (1807-1890); Dr; German scholar	1807-1890
NA2016	Campbell; George D. (1823-1900); 8th Duke of Argyll; Whig M.P.	1823-1900
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873