ED 014 02
Reference code
ED 014 02
Title
Letter from Marquess Wellesley to Lord Denman
Level
Item
Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas Denman (1779-1854), 1st Baron Denman, was at Eton 1788-1795.
Date
22 May 1841
Extent & medium
als
Content description
Letter to Thomas Denman (1779-1854), 1st Baron Denman of Dovedale, lawyer, on his appointment to preside over the 400th anniversary, a position first offered to Wellesley. Speaks of his gratitude to and love for Eton and the benefits to the school of the interest taken in it by George III.
Provenance
Pencil note after the signature by [Thomas Denman, afterwards Aitchison-Denman (1805-1894), 2nd Baron Denman of Dovedale]: Mr James Usher may like to copy this and return it. When Ld. High Steward my father ranked above all peers. ;
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