Record

Document Reference	Os C 554
Title	Copy of of letter from J.E. Denison, Speaker's House, Westminster, London, to [S. Wilberforce], Bishop of Oxford; 5 Feb. 1863
Date	5 February 1863
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	States that British Museum trusteeship is delicate matter; informs him that he received letter in Nov. 1862 from Mr Walpole at Lord Stanhope's suggestion recommending Mr Disraeli; has waited until his opinion has been asked on matter; comments that consideration of appointment is still pending; states that he cannot speak to Lord Palmerston due to difficulty of his position. Autograph note by J.E. Denison on f 2v reads 'Letters from Bp of Oxford ab[ou]t his being made a Trustee of the British Museum & my answer 1863'. Relates to Os C 553.
Term	legal business, trustees, British Museum
Term	patronage, personal

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9855	Stanhope; Philip H. (1805-1875); 5th Earl Stanhope; styled Viscount Mahon 1816-1855 historian	1805-1875
NA314	Disraeli; Benjamin (1804-1881); 1st Earl of Beaconsfield; statesman; created Earl of Beaconsfield 1876	1804-1881
NA9857	Walpole; Spencer H. (1806-1898); Mr	1806-1898
NA143	Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865	1784-1865
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873
NA7627	Wilberforce; Samuel (1805-1873); Bishop of Winchester; Bishop of Oxford 1845-69 Winchester 1869	1805-1873