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His opposition on grounds of ill-health to the proposed appointment of [General Sir Neville] Chamberlain to the post of commander-in-chief, India; prefers the claims of [Sir Donald] Stewart.

Scope and Contents the proposed Suakin expedition to relieve Khartoum; composition of the force; [Lord] Wolseley's attitude: '[Sir Evelyn] Baring has also telegraphed privately that he thinks that Wolseley is somewhat reinforced by previous expressions of opinion as to the Suakin route, and would be more glad to see the expedition sent than he admits.' A postscript seeks Cambridge's support in obtaining a commission for his nephew William Francis Egerton in either the Grenadier Guards or the 60th King's Royal...

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the various proposed routes for the Gordon relief expedition: 'I think that Sir A[ndrew] Clarke goes too far in the pertinacity with which he presses for a military movement [a railway from Suakin to Berber] for which he has no responsibility whatever, and which is discouraged by Lord Wolseley on whom the whole responsibility for the success of the expedition rests'; the relief of Khartoum now seems assured. On War Office notepaper.

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Considers that Sir F[rederick] Roberts should not receive greater rewards for his 'brilliant success' [the march to Kandahar] than those accorded to his commanding officer; Lord Ripon proposes that Roberts be appointed commander of the Madras Army.

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Supports Cambridge's selection of Major-General Malcolm to fill the vacant colonelcy of the 105th Regiment of Foot.

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The loss of a royal warrant defining the powers of the secretary-of-state for war and controlling certain powers of the commander-in-chief; the general opinion in Cabinet seems to be that 'the separation between the functions of the two offices, though real, is difficult of definition, and that differences of opinion and disputes have been avoided rather by mutual forbearance than by precise rules'.

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Letter from Spencer Compton Cavendish, as Marquess of Hartington, most probably to George William Frederick Charles [2nd Duke of Cambridge] concerning the Transvaal and troops from India.

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Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.

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Most of the letters are replies to appeals by Porter for contributions to a memorial to Henry Fawcett and the cost of portraits of the seventh Duke of Devonshire, J.B. Lightfoot and B.F. Westcott; or replies to his invitations to a dinner in honour of recipients of honorary degrees (1883), and the celebration of the six hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Peterhouse (1884); or concern an address of support from members of Senate to the Liberal Unionist leadership (1887).

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Most of the letters are replies to appeals by Porter for contributions to a memorial to Henry Fawcett and the cost of portraits of the seventh Duke of Devonshire, J.B. Lightfoot and B.F. Westcott; or replies to his invitations to a dinner in honour of recipients of honorary degrees (1883), and the celebration of the six hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Peterhouse (1884); or concern an address of support from members of Senate to the Liberal Unionist leadership (1887).

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Most of the letters are replies to appeals by Porter for contributions to a memorial to Henry Fawcett and the cost of portraits of the seventh Duke of Devonshire, J.B. Lightfoot and B.F. Westcott; or replies to his invitations to a dinner in honour of recipients of honorary degrees (1883), and the celebration of the six hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Peterhouse (1884); or concern an address of support from members of Senate to the Liberal Unionist leadership (1887).

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16 letters to Kay-Shuttleworth, mostly concerning arrangements for meetings and acceptances of dinner invitations; 6 letters to other members of the family from various correspondents, 1842-1860; 6 miscellaneous letters.