Identity area
Reference code
Miscellaneous/Box 7/DA5/10
Unique identifier
GB 275 Miscellaneous/Box 7/DA5/10
Title
Photocopy of ALS from Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, to Henry John Temple, Lord Palmerston, from Downing Street.
Date(s)
- 12 June 1854 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3 p. paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1811-1864)
Biographical history
Politician.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Informs Palmerston that before giving up the seals of the Colonial Office that morning, he had passed on the recommendation that Sir John Davis be awarded the Commander's Cross of the civil order of the Bath, and that the Queen had approved the recommendation. He feels that the award is justly merited.