Item 130 - Copy of letter, 25 Aug. 1944, from William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, to his father

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GOW/D/1/130

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Copy of letter, 25 Aug. 1944, from William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, to his father

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  • [1944?] (Creation)

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6 ss (typescript).

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Gow, Andrew Sydenham Farrar (1886-1978), classical scholar
(1886-1978)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Perhaps sent to Gow by his student Andrew Cavendish (later 11th Duke of Devonshire), Hartington's brother. Possibly Hartington's last letter: he was shot dead by a sniper at Heppen, Belgium, on 9 Sept. 1944.

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      papers-of-andrew-sydenham-farrar-gow.pdf

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