Lord Derby writes offering his congratultions on the marriage of SCC and Louise Montagu, Duchess of Manchester. He further writes that a "statesman is only half one without a wife!". He finally writes that they will now be in a manner connected as SCC's step-daughter and his nephew "and eventual successor" are "in the same relation as the Duchess and yourself". Sent from: Fairhill, Cambridge.
Letter from Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby to Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS8/2493
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS2/340/2493, CS8/340/2493
- Dates of Creation
- 17 August 1892
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
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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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