Record

Document Reference	Os C 805
Title	Letter from W.E. Gladstone, Hawarden, Wales, to J.E. Denison; 6 Nov. 1868
Date	6 November 1868
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	States that Denison's period as Speaker is about to expire; informs him that Walpole has refused to be nominated for speakership in new House of Commons; hopes Denison will be proposed for Liberals against any Government candidate; believes Prime Minister [Disraeli] will accept Liberal nomination [of Denison] unopposed despite lack of precedent; hopes Denison's nephew [Edward] continues to prosper; states that he cannot take his part against Philip Handley but would gladly see him in Parliament. Post-script refers to funeral of [H. Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland] at Trentham [Hall]. Marked 'Private' on f 1r.
Term	funerals
	elections, speakership, 1868
	governments, Conservative Government 1866-68
	governments, Liberal Government 1868-74
	political parties, Liberals
	elections, Newark 1868
	parliamentary business, procedures

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9857	Walpole; Spencer H. (1806-1898); Mr	1806-1898
NA314	Disraeli; Benjamin (1804-1881); 1st Earl of Beaconsfield; statesman; created Earl of Beaconsfield 1876	1804-1881
NA8621	Denison; Edward (1840-1870); Mr; philanthropist; nephew of J.E. Denison	1840-1870
NA6696	Gower; Harriet E.G. Sutherland-Leveson- (1806-1868); Duchess of Sutherland; wife of 2nd Duke	1806-1868
NA10359	Handley; Philip (1809-1884); Mr; Mayor of Newark 1863	1809-1884
NA982	Gladstone; William E. (1809-1898); P.M. 1868-74 1880-85 1886 1892-94	1809-1898
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873