Ponsonby writes to SCC to request his opinion on the Royal Buck Hounds. He writes that Queen Victoria is considering retiring the hounds as their use in hunting deer is cruel. He reports of another option to replace the buck hounds with fox hounds. This letter is an enclosure to CS8/1337. Sent from: Windsor Castle, date stamped, 1 March.
Letter from Sir Henry Ponsonby to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS8/1336
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS2/340/1336, CS8/340/1336
- Dates of Creation
- 1 March 1883
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 1 sheet
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