Letter fro Sir Henry Ponsonby to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington

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Ponsonby writes to SCC regarding the appointment of a Chaplain General. He writes that Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, George Connor, Dean of Windsor and Prince Christian [of Schleswig-Holstein] discussed candidates last night and are putting forward their suggestions of William Cowie or Cox Edgehill to Queen Victoria. He further reports on an incident with a weapon which Ponsonby has removed from a drawer and taken out the cartridges. Sent from: Windsor, date stamped, 6 Dec.

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