Concerns: political influence in Kent, especially in Sandwich; Oxenden's conditional support for the Government being based on them heeding his recommendations which have been ignored in the past; the people of the area being quite averse to Lord Conyngham on account of his treatment of the tenant farmers in the area; the make up of the area no longer being half sailors with an interest in the Admiralty. Written from Deane.Signed: "Geo Oxenden".
Letter from Sir George Oxenden to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS4/456
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS1/474.0
- Dates of Creation
- 26 November 1756
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 1 sheet
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