Record

Document Reference	Os C 571
Title	Letter from H. Labouchere, [later 1st Baron Taunton], Stoke Park, to J.E. Denison; 3 Jan. 1852
Date	3 January 1852
Extent	3 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on potential Whig Peelite Government; believes Lord John [Russell] should have insisted upon more favourable political terms; states that Lord Morpeth's criticism is unjust; refers to vacant Ireland position; states that Morpeth declined offer of post of lord steward when offered by Lord Aberdeen; refers to Lord Grey and D[uke] of N[ewcastle] being enemies at Colonial Office; refers to liberal political opinions; alludes to Oxford [University] elections.
Term	elections, university
	political parties, Liberals
	patronage, political
	appointments, government
	government departments, Colonial Office
	governments, Whig Government 1846-52

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9663	Howard; George W.F. (1802-1864); 7th Earl of Carlisle; styled Viscount Morpeth succeeded 1848	1802-1864
NA142	Gordon; George Hamilton- (1784-1860); 4th Earl of Aberdeen	1784-1860
NA945	Clinton; Henry P.F. Pelham- (1811-1864); 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; styled Earl of Lincoln until 1851	1811-1864
NA6474	Labouchere; Henry (1798-1869); 1st Baron Taunton; statesman	1798-1869
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873