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Cane, Sir Edmund Frederick du (1830-1903), prison administrator and army officer
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Letter from Montagu Mitchell Procter to Lord Houghton
HOUG/EM/16/8 · Item · [1871 or later]
Part of Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton

28 Tavistock Crescent, Bayswater, W. - Wrote on the 13th; seeks Deputy Governorship of Dartmoor Prison and needs 'a lift by letter to Mr Bruce'; Major du Cane has testimonials. Training as police superintendent and magistrate; has also studied manufacturing and sanitary reform. Postscript: is grandson of Basil Montagu, who was a friend of Knight Bruce.