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

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Ponsonby writes to SCC regarding Egyption affairs. He writes that Queen Victoria does not approve of the reduction of the troops to five thousand men as many of them are in hospital due to sickness. He requests a copy of Sir Andrew Clarke's report. Sent from: Osborne, date stamped, 8 Jan.

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

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