HOUG/E/M/2/5
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1 Feb. 1865
Part of Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton
5 South Bank, Regents Park, London. - Dismissal from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, due to budget cuts which now threaten others; was appointed German master; outlines strict conditions of service; complied at some personal cost in the belief that appointment was permanent; now has a family and no prospect of a Civil Service pension; can Houghton help him gain compensation; his catalogue of historical portraits at Buckingham Palace; influential friends.