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59, Strand, London. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton, both on his own behalf, and on that of the Partners of the House (Coutts Bank)

Darnlee, Galashiels - Congratulations on engagement.

Is in prison for £50 debt resulting from nine months' living expenses; begs for assistance; has requested a gratuity from the Government, can Milnes obtain Palmerston's favour?

Sir Anthony acted as a College Advisor to students. Meetings, social functions, reports, personal notes, and letters

The Old Granary, Startfield Saye, Reading, Berks. - Greek textual commentary.

Dunmore, By Tarbert, Argyll. - 'Thank you so much for... your memoir of Gaselee'.

Glenie has been made Principal of Schools, Robert made Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Galle and Tingalle, girls school held at Mayor's house, Ward has care of the boy's school, has been performing cateract operations, native customs: Matura

Exhorts Mayor to stay in Ceylon: Watton Rectory

Separation from Christian friends a source of distraction, no real friends among the passengers on the voyage, Captain Pratt

18 Mansfield Street, Portland Place, W.—Invites him to Penrhôs, to attend the Investiture of the Prince of Wales.

(Dated Saturday.)

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18 Mansfield Street, Portland Place, W.
Saturday

My dear Mr Montagu

Could you come and stay at Penrhos on Friday July 14th, or could you get away on Wednesday and come for the Prince of Wales’ Investiture at Carnarvon.

The Prime {1} and Violet are coming and Violet is going to stay over Sunday {2}. Its very easy to get to, and if you feel scruples about leaving the India Office for so long you can come by a night train Friday and if you are really conscientious you can go back Sunday night.

I know its fearfully far for such a short time, but it would be very nice if you would come.

I hope the outer Hebrides are proving a success.

Yrs
Venetia Stanley

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Black-edged paper. Marked ‘1911’ in pencil.

{1} This word has been struck through and ‘PRIME’ has been written above it, beside an asterisk. On the back of the letter is written, beside an asterisk: ‘It looked like Prince before.’

{2} ‘Lord and Lady Sheffield’s guests at Penrhôs, Holyhead [during Investiture week], will include the Prime Minister, Mrs. and Miss Asquith, Lord and Lady Boston, the Hon. Geoffrey Howard, the Hon. Edwin Montagu, Mr. William Phillips, the Hon. Mrs. Anthony Henley, the Hon. Blanche Stanley, and Captain the Hon. Oliver Stanley’ (The Times, 12 July 1911, p. 8).

Bank House, 95 High Street, Lewisham, S.E. Private - Calls Frazer's attention to the difference in English Civil Law concerning marriage between a stepmother and stepson and the same relationship if the woman had not married the father.

Wilnecote, Tamworth. - Seeks one of the late Lady Galway's pensions for his sister Harriet Grover; the family used to live at Bawtry and was known to the Galways; Harriet has run a girls' school for many years but must give it up; she and her near-blind sister will then have hardly any resources.

Situation in Southern Rhodesia, "Gibraltar trouble", wishes to go to India

(Includes alterations. Used as printer’s copy.)

Conduit Head - invitation to visit.

Contains notes, calculations and summaries of experimental results.

Thanks her for sending back the letters from Henry Sidgwick. Undertakes to see if he can find any more from him, but doesn't think there are many, if any. Hopes that his uncle Arthur Sidgwick will cut back on some of his other work, of which he believes he does 'far too much', in order to devote himself to the writing of the memoir. Declares that '[t]he great desideration is that the writer should want to [write] more than anything else in the world - and everything is quickly and well done when that is behind.' Advises Nora to ask Maggie if she can find any letters, and states that there are a good many papers at [ ]. Undertakes to look there when he goes back there in August.