Copy of a letter from Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington to Queen Victoria

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

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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.

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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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