Letter from Michael Edward Hicks Beach, Baronet to Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

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Sir Michael writes concerning death duties, believing that the argument for a delay is not a good one. He also writes concerning the Privy Council and the possibility of the present Deputy becoming Clerk of the Council at a salary of "say £1200 to £1500" and therefore the present Senior Clark becoming the Deputy. Sent from: Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, London. Letter is written on Chancellor of the Exchequer headed paper.

Arrangement

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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