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HOUG/36/101
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Copy of letter, 16 Oct. 1809, from Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston, to James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury
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- [1840 or later?] (Creation)
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Admiralty. - On Spencer Perceval's dilemma over appointment to Chancellor of the Exchequer: Palmerston's own future prospects of office; 'Milnes would probably not take it unless his ambition got the better of his partiality for Canning & his aversion to Perceval, and, though a man of very brilliant talents, I should much doubt his steadiness'.
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- Temple, Henry John (1784–1865), 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister (Subject)
- Harris, James (1746-1820), 1st Earl of Malmesbury, diplomatist (Subject)
- Perceval, Spencer (1762-1812) statesman (Subject)
- Canning, George (1770–1827), prime minister and parodist (Subject)
- Milnes, Robert Pemberton (1784-1858), landowner and politician (Subject)