HOUG/36/52
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[1846, after 9 Feb.?]
Part of Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton
B[awtr]y. - Proposed Lord Henry Bentinck for the county at his request, despite own illness: speech well reported in the Times. Lincoln's expenses are thought to be paid by Peel, Buccleugh and others. Retford poll prospects. Postscript: the Duke of Portland's oak plantations from Worksop to Mansfield; Retford poll 580 to 15, many did not vote; Granville Vernon on attendance at Henry Gally Knight's funeral.