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HOUG/E/M/3/16
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Letter from Catherine Louisa Bell to Lord Houghton
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- 8 May 1866 (Creation)
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2 ff.
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Avranches, La Manche. - Is seeking India Office nomination for her son Hugh; would Houghton intercede with his neighbour Lord De Grey as Sir Charles Wood's list seems to carry no weight; her husband served 15 years in the India House but retired with a spinal injury following a rail accident in 1853; has learned of impending vacancies from colleagues there; deaths of her brother and sister.
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- Bell, Catherine Louisa (1812-1884), née Lawrell, wife of Charles Bell (Subject)
- Bell, Hugh Francis Disney (1847-1899), insurance society clerk (Subject)
- Robinson, George Frederick Samuel (1827–1909), 1st Marquess of Ripon, politician (Subject)
- Wood, Charles (1800–1885) 1st Viscount Halifax, politician (Subject)
- Bell, Charles (1811-1900), civil servant (Subject)