Letter from George Waldegrave Leslie to Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

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Mr Waldegrave-Leslie writes offering his "best congratulations" following the marriage of SCC and Louise Montagu, Duchess of Manchester. He further writes that the Duchess may remember him in years gone by at Cambridge House "where Lord and Lady Palmerston warmly received their friends". He also writes that he believes tha nation owes SCC "much" for the "grand and noble line that you have taken politically during the last seven years". He finally writes offering the Duchess his "respectful sympathy" on the "sad bereavement" which has just befallen her. Sent from: Leslie House, Leslie, N.B.

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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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