Record

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

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