Title:
PP/GC/ME/15 Letter from William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne to Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston, concerning the Archbishopric of Tuam, 13 May 1834
Date:
13/05/1834
Content:
Letter from William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne, Whitehall, [London], to Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston: the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam has just died. The nomination of a successor rests immediately and absolutely with the Pope. An apprehension in Ireland that he may nominate Dr. MacHale.
13 May 1835
Addendum: “Nothing is required but to put a spoke in MacHale’s wheel – any body but he”
Extent:
Two papers including GC/ME/15/enc.1
License:
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Subject:
Oliver O’Kelly, formerly Archbishop of Tuam, deceased
Tuam, County Galway, Ireland
Pope Gregory XVI
Dr John MacHale, subsequently appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Tuam
Tuam, County Galway, Ireland
Pope Gregory XVI
Dr John MacHale, subsequently appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Tuam
