Ponsonby telegrams SCC regarding the request of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales to join the Egyptian expedition. He reports that Queen Victoria is opposed and requests SCC's opinion. He writes that Prince George, Duke of Cambridge and Sir Garnet Wolseley approve. There is a note on the telegram which reads, "in cipher."Sent from: [Osborne], date stamped, 27 July.
Copy of a telegram from Sir Henry Ponsonby to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
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- Dates of Creation27 August 1882
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