Letter from Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne to Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

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Lord Lansdowne writes concerning the Education Bill and the possible formation of a small Committee to consider the amendments made by the House of Lords. He also writes offering suggestions for the Committee members; these are The Archbishop [of Canterbury], [Lords] Salisbury, St Aldwyn, Cawdor, Norfolk, Goschen and SCC. He further writes asking SCC for his ideas of what amendments the House of Lords would insist upon and writes of his own reservations concerning "Clause 4, (subsection 1b))". He also writes making reference to Clause 3, [Lord] Balfour of Burleigh's amendments and Mr Sadler of the Education Department. Sent from: Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London. Letter is marked "Confid[ential]"

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