Letter from Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington to William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire.

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SCC writes to his father to inform him that he will come to Chatsworth shortly and he has been busy in his new position as Postmaster General but has not yet done anything official as he has not received his patent yet. He writes that he may know further information tomorrow regarding a seat. He writes that he would like to devote himself to hunting rather than politics. He writes that he has not spoken to William Ewart Gladstone regarding a letter concerning someone with a man called O'Callaghan. He writes that he may have a chance at a Lordship. Sent from: Kimbolton, date stamped, 13 Dec.

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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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