Record

Document Reference	Os C 77
Title	Letter from F. Ryder, Viscountess Sandon, [later Countess of Harrowby] Knowsley, Lancashire, to J.E. Denison, Ossington, Nottinghamshire; 15 Sept. 1830
Date	15 September 1830
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Describes William Huskisson's accident [at opening Liverpool-Manchester railway]; is being treated at Eccles Vicarge where his wife is in attendence; believes he is not expected to survive; eye-witness account was gained from Lord Sandon; describes extent of crowds at railway opening; believes railway director is partly to blame due to speed of train. Autograph note by J.E. Denison on f 2v reads 'Lady Frances Sandon from Liverpool announcing Mr Huskisson's accidents on the Railway'.
Term	accidents, railway
Term	railways, Liverpool-Manchester opening

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9480	Ryder; Dudley (1798-1882); 2nd Earl of Harrowby; styled Viscount Sandon 1809-1847	1798-1882
NA9468	Huskisson; William (1770-1830); Mr; statesman	1770-1830
NA9633	Huskisson; Elizabeth M. (fl 1828); Mrs; née Milbanke wife of W. Huskisson	fl 1828
NA9479	Ryder; Frances (1801-1859); Countess of Harrowby; née Stuart styled Viscountess Sandon until 1847	1801-1859
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873