Letter from William Ewart Gladstone to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington

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Gladstone writes to SCC regarding Sir Garnet Wolseley. He writes that he cannot grant him a peerage until the Irish Land Bill is passed through Parliament. He writes that Wolseley may have settle for the "Gibraltar project" but that is no longer available and Prince George, Duke of Cambridge is not supportive of Wolseley. He writes that Hugh Eardley Childers informs that Wolseley may be granted the Adjutant-General position anyway. Sent from: Hawarden, date stamped, 25 Sept.

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