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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D3155/WH/2959 |
| Title | Poor law matters, rates and tithes |
| Date | 1832 |
| Description | Copy letters addressed to Mr Senior Sep-Oct 1832. Lord Brougham, Sep 1832; C J Blomfield, Bishop of London, Sep 1832 - inclined to agree with Senior on poor law magistrates and commissioners; Ld Lansdowne, Sep 1832 - magnitude of the evils of the present system, verified from local observation, the question being how much Parliament and the public will bear on the subject; J B Summer, Bishop of Chester, Oct 1832 - ignorance and prejudice among those to whom changes must be proposed |
| Extent | 4 items |
| Level | file |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, baronet (1784-1841), Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1821-1828, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon 1831-1837 |
| Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton, Derbyshire |
| Related Material | See D3155/WH 2872 |
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