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Harrow. - His brother Frank has been passed over by the Bishop of Winchester; would Houghton consider him for vacant Bishopric of Chester?

Maura, Dean Park Road, Bournemouth. Dated 21 March, 1896 - Congratulates him on his engagement; assures him there has been no coldness this term or ever, he has been busy: his brother Arthur died in December and he has been caught up in matters of his estate, and that of his father-in-law [Francis Vansittart Thornton], who died nearly a year ago.

Chilton Rectory, Andover Road. - Congratulations on engagement.

Chilton Rectory, Micheldever Station, Hants. - On the death of Robert Pemberton Milnes; apologises for not writing sooner, as he has been hindered by a 'severe attack of lumbago'. His wife had never met Milnes' father, and he himself had seen little of him, but 'his name & doings were so much mixed up with all my father's early life' that they both felt they had 'lost a friend'.