HOUG/D/D/8/5
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16 Mar. 1881
Parte de Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton
Trusts Houghton's diplomatic skill to maintain gravity of a competition in which few Englishmen are interested [the Calderon poetry competition]; appends a sonnet in honour of Sir G[eorge Pomeroy] Colley, a hero who will only be remembered for three disastrous mistakes. Printed verse, 'In Memoriam G. P. C., Feb. 27 1881'.