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.
Letter fro Sir Henry Ponsonby to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS8/1598
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS2/340/1598, CS8/340/1598
- Dates of Creation
- 6 December 1884
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 1 sheet
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