HC Deb 18 March 1839 vol 46 cc859-65
The Chancellor of the Exchequer

said, that the bill which he wished to introduce was almost of a formal nature, and was brought forward with the consent of the noble Duke to whom it referred, and he had no doubt would meet with the unanimous consent of the House. The object of the bill was of a very simple description. Under the Acts granting certain annuities to Field-marshal the Duke of Wellington, provision was made authorising the Duke to make, on the marriage of his daughters, if he should have any, certain charges on the estate, and also an annuity to the Duchess to the amount of 2,000l. per annum. No such provision, however, was necessary at present, and the object of the present bill was to enable the noble Duke to charge a jointure on the estate on the marriage of his eldest son and heir apparent, for which by some oversight no provision was made. The bill also contained a provision by which the objects of value presented to him by foreign Powers were made heir looms and settled with the title in the same manner that the English rewards had been settled. He begged to move for leave to bring in the bill.

Leave given. Bill brought in and read a first time.