Letter from Sir Robert Wilmot to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

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Concerns: letter to the treasury about the stables; political intrigues surrounding possible new government administration devised by Pitt according to his friend Legge involving the 4th Duke as Lord of the Treasury, Legge as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pitt as Secretary of State and Lord Temple as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; Legge's intention to meet with Pitt; the tension between Legge and Pitt. Written from St James's Street. Signed: "Robt Wilmot".

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