Concerns: the King's failing eyesight and insistance everything is copied out in very black ink for him to read; 4th Duke's unwillingness to part with two regiments for America and the King and Fox's understanding of this; the redepolyment of the troops in Ireland being a suggestion from the Duke of Newcastle and his prediction of the objection it will cause in Ireland; the suitability of the Highland regiments for stationing in Ireland; the Duke [of Newcastle?]'s infected leg wound; commissions in the army. Signed: "H Fox".
Letter from Henry Fox to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS4/95
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS1/330.116
- Dates of Creation
- 5 February 1756
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 2 sheets
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