Sir Ponsonby writes concerning Ireland and Queen Victoria's advice to Gladstone to distance himself from the "extreme radicals" to "moderate the excesses of the violent reformers" prior to the general election. He further writes with the Queen's advice to SCC concerning allaying the "passions of men" and "impracticable schemes". Sent from: Balmoral.
Letter from Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS8/1814
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS2/340/1814, CS8/340/1814
- Dates of Creation
- 3 October 1885
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
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