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Letter from William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire to William Cavendish, Marquess...

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CS1/163/52
Title
Letter from William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire to William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date
20 May 1755
Description

Concerns: carrying on the government with great difficulty but having appeased the opposition with assurance of impartiality; passing on Lord Hartington's letters to the Duke of Newcastle via Lord Grafton; the Duke of Newcastle misplacing a letter; an account of talking to the King about the contents of Lord Hartington's letter; conveying Lord Hartington's message that the government of Ireland should not solely be in the Primate; dining with Lady Bell and Lord Delaware and Lord Edgecombe; news of Lord Euston likely marrying Miss Liddle and Sir James Lowther marrying Lady Betty Spencer. Written from London. Signed 'Devonshire'.

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Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
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1 sheet
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Cavendish, William 1698 - 1755 [3rd Duke of Devonshire]

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Letter from William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire to William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington