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Correspondence with Lord Stanley [textual record (microform)]

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1841-1845.

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MG21-Add.MSS.-40429-40555

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Sir Robert Peel fonds

Correspondence with Lord Stanley
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Date(s):

1841-1845.

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1 microfilm reel.

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Series consists of selections copied from Peel's correspondence with Stanley. Microfilm reel A-21.

Excerpts from the Third Series of Peel Papers (1841-1850), Special Correspondence: Correspondence, 1841-1842, between Peel and Lord Stanley on Canadian affairs. For particulars, see Finding Aid No. 599. Microfilm, 1841-1842. Reel A-21. Add. MSS. 40467, ff. 32-36v, 54-57v, 62-67v, 69-70v, 72-72v, 80-81v, 87-88v, 100-102v, 106-109v, 127-130v, 135-137v, 146-149v, 157-159v, 162-163v, 170, 190-191v, 196-197v, 202-204v, 217-227v, 243-244v, 249-259v, 261-270v, 273-279v, 281-281v, 283-295v, 300-302v, 333-336v, 343-348v.

Excerpts from the Third Series of Peel Papers (1841-1850), Special Correspondence: Correspondence, 1843-1845, between Peel and Lord Stanley on Canadian affairs. Also included are letters from George William Hope, Under-Secretary for War and Colonies, to Peel and Stanley; and from Stanley to Lord Worsley (1809-1862); as well as a copy of the Queen's letter sanctioning Stanley's removal to the House of Lords. Microfilm, 1843-1845. Reel A-21. Add. MSS. 40468, ff. 10-12, 22-27v, 32-32v, 34-34v, 40-41v, 44-51v, 58-60v, 62-63v, 89-102v, 110-113v, 116-119v, 124-125v, 128-129v, 148-150v, 183-188v, 193-200v, 209-217v, 228-231v, 238-240v, 252-253v, 256-257v, 266-267v, 277-278v, 309-310v, 337-350v, 353-357, 359-360v, 363-363v, 366-370v, 372-373v, 383-386v, 389-390v, 395-396v.

For particulars, see Finding Aid No. 599.

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Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869

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Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869 : Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, (1799-1869),14th Earl of Derby and British Prime Minister, was born on 19 March 1799, the eldest son of the 13th Earl of Derby. Styled Lord Stanley until 1844 when he was called up to the House of Lords as Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe, he was educated at Eton and Oxford and entered the House of Commons in 1822.

In 1824, he travelled in Canada and the United States. He served as Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1827-1830 and was made Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in Peel's ministry in 1841. He remained in this post until 1845. Stanley succeeded his father as Earl of Derby in 1851, and entered the House of Lords. He was Prime Minister three times, 1852, 1858-59 and 1866-68. He retired from political life shortly before his death on 23 October 1869.

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