Letter from Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby to Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

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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.

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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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