Document Reference | Os C 632 |
Title | Letter from T.E. May, [later 1st Baron Farnborough], to J.E. Denison; 9 Jan. 1867 |
Date | 9 January 1867 |
Extent | 6 ff |
Level | Item/file |
Content Description | Refers to changes in private bill legislation and appointment of parliamentary referees; appointments will relieve pressure on Mr Rickards [as counsel to Speaker] and Mr Dodson; hopes that Lords will use referees to submit bills to committee; refers to Mr Adair and changes to Board of Trade report procedure; states that barriers are needed to prevent 'ugly rush' to [House of] Lords and informs him that issue was raised by Colonel Wilson Patten; refers to Bonham-Carter and Sir Denis [Le Marchant] at Committee Office; refers to Reform Bill proposal; quotes Lord Derby's comments; comments on election expenses; gives Colonel Taylor's address; comments on London weather.
F 5 and 6 are continuation of letter; refers to Reform Bill discussion at Carlton [Club]; discusses stance of political parties; comments on Disraeli's views; Delane believes there will be no dissolution [of parliament]. |
Term | political parties, Tories |
political parties, Whigs |
political parties, Radicals |
parliamentary business, committees |
appointments, political |
parliamentary business, bills, Reform Bill 1867 |
elections, cost of |
trade |
clubs and societies, gentlemen's clubs |
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Persons
Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
NA10186 | Dodson; John G. (1825-1897); 1st Baron Monk Bretton; deputy speaker to J.E. Denison created Baron 1884 | 1825-1897 |
NA10187 | Rickards; George K. (1812-1889); Sir; political economist | 1812-1889 |
NA9623 | Patten; John Wilson (1802-1892); Baron Winmarleigh; Lancashire M.P. and statesman created 1874 | 1802-1892 |
NA10059 | Le Marchant; Denis (1795-1874); 1st Baronet; M.P. chief clerk House of Commons 1850-71 | 1795-1874 |
NA10061 | Carter; John Bonham- (1817-1884); Mr; Deputy Speaker of House of Commons 1872-74 | 1817-1884 |
NA6073 | Stanley; Edward G. Smith- (1799-1869); 14th Earl of Derby; statesman | 1799-1869 |
NA314 | Disraeli; Benjamin (1804-1881); 1st Earl of Beaconsfield; statesman; created Earl of Beaconsfield 1876 | 1804-1881 |
NA10045 | Delane; John T. (1817-1879); Mr; editor of The Times | 1817-1879 |
NA9720 | May; Thomas Erskine (1815-1886); 1st Baron Farnborough; constitutional jurist created 1886 | 1815-1886 |
NA199 | Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872 | 1800-1873 |
Places
Code | Set |
PL77 | /London/England |