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- 24 December 1868 (Creation)
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1 f. (formerly folded as two leaves)
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Chaucer Covers; Folkestone; Purchased at auction, lot 401; 12 August 2020; 991060116902419.
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Autograph letter, 24 December 1868, from William Ewart Gladstone, 10 Downing Street, to [Vice-Admiral Lord] C[larence] Paget, [Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean Fleet], in which Gladstone discusses the formation of his first government, having become Prime Minister on 3 December.
The letter contains references to Paget's brother-in-law [Arthur Otway, Gladstone's new Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs], and to [Hugh] Childers, [First Lord of the Admiralty]. In a postscript he states 'The Welsh have made a notable demonstration in many of their elections and one which ought to warn the Clergy of what they are about'.
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Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding ownership of W. E. Gladstone copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed May 2021).
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- English
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English.
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