HOUG/E/M/4/36
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31 Mar. 1862
Part of Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton
Ripon, Azerley Hall. - His son R. Evelyn Crompton desires a clerkship in the Foreign Office; testimonial from his private tutor, Rev. W. H. Pritchett; Tom Taylor suggested joining a large firm as a civil engineer but this might stifle his scientific aspirations; Hammond's advice as to Foreign Office appointments; has never before sought a favour.