Record

Document Reference	Os C 564
Title	Letter from H.L. Grosvenor, [later 1st Duke of Westminster], Calveley, Tarporley, Cheshire, to J.E. Denison; 1 Apr. 1866
Date	1 April 1866
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Informs him that he will not attend Lord Russell's meeting; refers to partial nature of parliamentary bill [Reform Bill 1866]; refers to disenfranchisement and redistribution of seats; discusses opinions of Radicals; comments on press; refers to Liberal party; states that he wishes he had supported [Conservative Reform] Bill of 1859 against Russell's resolution; refers to country as 'backward' and cows dying 'at the rate of 600 a day'. Relates to Os C 563.
Term	agriculture, disease of cattle
	political parties, Tories
	political parties, Liberals
	press, attitudes towards
	parliamentary business, bills, Reform Bill 1866
	political parties, Radicals
	parliamentary business, bills, Conservative Reform Bill 1859
	governments, Liberal Government 1859-66

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA2677	Grosvenor; Hugh L. (1825-1899); 1st Duke of Westminster; M.P.	1825-1899
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873