D593/P/22/1/29
+ enclosed additional
letter
‘People’ pages
‘P + P’ section
Mon 23 August 1836
My Lord Duke
I beg leave to
mention to your Grace that
my son, Henry Allen Wedgwood,
a barrister of about ten
years standing, is desirous
of being appointed Police
Magistrate for the Potteries
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If your Grace should be
pleased in any degree to favor
the application that he has
made to Lord John Russell
I should feel the more grateful
as I am conscious that I
have not the slightest claim
upon your consideration
and that I have no adequate
apology for venturing to
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intrude in this way upon
your Grace
D593/P/22/1/29
I have the honor to be
Your Graces
Most oblijed
and humble servant
Josiah Wedgwood
The Duke of Sutherland
[Enclosed additional letter]
Mon Augt 20th 1836
My Lord Duke
I beg leave to
offer my sincere thanks
for the obliging notice that
your Grace has done me the
honor to take of my
application in favor of
my son, and to express,
if I may do it without
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too much presumption my
entire concurrence with
the rule that you have
laid down for yourself in
such cases
I have the honor to be
Your Graces
Most obliged and
humble servant
D593/P/22/1/29
Josiah Wedgwood
The Duke of Sutherland