Letter from Sir Henry Ponsonby to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington

Scope and Content

Ponsonby writes to SCC regarding Kandahar in Afghanistan. He writes that Queen Victoria is disappointed that the troops will retreat and she does not trust Abdur Rahman. He writes that she is disappointed that the Cabinet unanimously voted against her after hearing that she wished to retain Kandahar. Sent from: Balmoral, date stamped, 8 Sept.

Arrangement

Arranged in accordance with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition, Ottawa 2000 and The Devonshire Collection Cataloguing Guidelines.

Access Information

Copyright held by Chatsworth House Trust.