SCC writes to the Queen regarding the proposed expedition to Khartoum to relieve General Charles Gordon. He writes to apologise for not informing her that the Household Guards would be sent to Egypt and Sudan. He writes the reasons why the cavalry has been called upon rather than the Infantry as their regiments are over their establishment. Sent from: London, date stamped, 24 Sept.
Copy of a letter from Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington to Queen Victoria
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS8/1532
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS2/340/1532, CS8/340/1532
- Dates of Creation
- 24 September 1884
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 2 sheets
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Arranged in accordance with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition, Ottawa 2000 and The Devonshire Collection Cataloguing Guidelines.
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