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Document number: 58
Date: Sat 22 Jul 1865
Postmark: 22 Jul 1865
Recipient: TALBOT Charles Henry
Author: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Collection: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham
Collection number: Lacock Abbey Deposit WRO 2664
Last updated: 7th July 2006

Sat. Evg

My Dear Charles

Ld C. Bruce <1> was at the head of the poll - Mr Long <2> came next. Jenkinson <3> was defeated. Long's majority over J. was 521

Your affte

Father

Envelope:

C. H. Talbot Esq
Mr Prichard's <4>
Llandaff

Notes:

1. Lord Charles William Brudenell-Bruce (1834-1897), Liberal MP; sat for N. Wiltshire, 1865-1874 and for Marlborough, 1878-1885.

2. Richard Penruddocke Long (1825-1875), Liberal-Conservative MP; sat for Chippenham, 1859-1865 and for N. Wiltshire 1865-1868. Supported 'any measure which would admit to the privileges of the franchise the steady, the sober, and intelligent portion of the working classes'.

3. Sir George Samuel Jenkinson (1817-1892), Conservative MP; sat for N. Wiltshire, 1868-1880.

4. John Prichard, Welsh architect; Charles Henry Talbot apprenticed to.

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