Record

Document Reference	Os C 69
Title	Letter from E.G Stanley, [later 14th Earl of Derby], Knowsley, Lancashire, to J.E. Denison; 22 Nov. n.y. [1829]
Date	22 November 1829
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to inability to accept inviation to Nottinghamshire as result of his wife's ill-health due to 'her unfortunate confinement'; comments on his hunting pursuits and 'idle life' at Knowsley; refers to visit to see Liverpool to Manchester Railway; discusses effects of 'steam carriages' on stagecoach proprietors and canal shares; describes trip on carriage and effects of travelling at 20 miles per hour; refers to Hall's book on America; asks assistance from Denison's brother Edward to enable his cousin [Thomas] Phipps Champneys to enter Merton College [Oxford University]; refers to Denison's visit to Buxton and asks for news of [Henry] Labouchere.
Term	patronage, university
	patronage, political
	railways, Liverpool-Manchester Railway
	sports, hunting
	social news, health
	transport, carriages
	travel, England
	financial affairs, investments

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1016	Scott; Charlotte (1806-1889); Viscountess Ossington; née Cavendish-Bentinck m 1827 J.E. Denison Viscount Ossington	1806-1889
NA6474	Labouchere; Henry (1798-1869); 1st Baron Taunton; statesman	1798-1869
NA9646	Champneys; Thomas P.A. (-1879); Rev.; cousin of E.G. Stanley; rector of Badsworth Yorkshire 1859-79	-1879
NA9647	Stanley; Emma C. (-1876); Countess of Derby; née Bootle-Wilbraham wife of 14th Earl	-1876
NA6073	Stanley; Edward G. Smith- (1799-1869); 14th Earl of Derby; statesman	1799-1869
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873