The Queen writes expressing her truly deep sympathies following the death of Lord Edward Cavendish. She further writes that she sympathises with the Duke [of Devonshire] and she knows from personal experience what it is to lose a child. She finally writes of her concern for "poor dear Emma" [Lady Edward Cavendish] and trust that she will be "mercifully supported". Sent from: Balmoral Castle.
Letter from Queen Victoria to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS8/2351
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS2/340/2351, CS8/340/2351
- Dates of Creation
- 22 May 1891
- 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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