| Description | Letters to Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, relating to his function as Conservative chief whip in the House of Lords, including:
- from various peers, concerning their addresses for communications, absences from the House of Lords and from Conservative party meetings, pairing arrangements, and membership of parliamentary committees;
- from several peers, relative to by-election for a Scottish representative peer;
- from the deputy whip, Lord Limerick, regarding routine whip's business;
- from Lord Limerick, concerning steps to be taken to prevent Lord Inchiquin from initiating an embarrassing debate on Ireland;
- from Lord Ilchester, accepting the government whip;
- from Lord Strathmore, referring to the election of a Scottish representative peer, and commenting "I am in the agonies of starting the Imperial Institute which is not very popular in this Radical Country";
- from Lord Salisbury, regarding the Conservative whip on voting and attendance;
- from Lord Limerick, asking Lord Kintore to preside in the absence of "A" [Lord Abergavenny? Possibly over the Irish Land Law bill committee] and saying "a few are bound to be troublesome ... we rely on you";
- from several peers, concerning the presentation of petitions addressed to the House of Lords;
- from Lord Limerick, recommending the choice of Lords Winchelsea and Walsingham, apparently for junior governmental posts or membership of a Lords committee. |