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HOUG/E/M/3/15
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Letter from Elizabeth Rachel Wood to Lord Houghton
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- 22 Dec. 1870 (Creation)
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2 ff., with enclosure, 2 ff.
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19 Lowndes Sq[uare]. - Appointment offered is more suitable for the younger brother John [Kortright], but he is less refined than his older brother; 'he lost one good place by his own fault'; is intelligent but rather forward in manner; not suitable for the Geographical secretaryship; Governor Mathew must be informed if John is appointed instead.
Enclosure: letter from Maria E. Beckford to Elizabeth Wood, 28 Jul. [1848]. 12, Upper Belgrave St. - Milnes' kindness; place not suitable for Cornelius, but could it be offered to John; expense of passage and outfit; will propose clerkship to Cornelius.
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- Cox, Elizabeth Rachel (1812-1907), née Newton, wife of Sir Mark Wood and Charles Cox (Subject)
- Beckford, Maria Elizabeth (1783-1861), née Bramston-Stane, wife of William Beckford (Subject)
- Mathew, Sir George Benvenuto Buckley- (1807-1879), diplomat and politician (Subject)
- Kortright, Sir Cornelius Hendriksen (1817-1897), knight, colonial administrator (Subject)