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HOUG/E/M/13/17
Title
Letter from Charles Welsh Mason to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 28 Nov. 1865 (Creation)
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2 ff.
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3 Berkeley Square, W. (on embossed notepaper for Junior Carlton Club, this address crossed through). - Has been offered the curacy of Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, by the Bishop of Oxford, whose High Church views are not favoured by Lord Carrington, the local landowner. Protests own moderacy in religion and politics; must secure Lord Carrington's support to work effectively in the parish; seeks introduction.