HOUG/E/M/9/4
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11 Jun. [1885]
Part of Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton
2 Tobernea Terrace, Seapoint. - [Thomas] Thorpe of the Yorkshire College has been chosen for the South Kensington Chair [of chemistry, instead of her husband Walter Noel Hartley] but is not yet appointed; Lord Carlingford and Mr Mundella might reconsider if Houghton asked it; injustice; 'it is not a question of merit - simply one of influence.