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HOUG/D/D/14/1
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Letter from Emily Jolly to Lord Houghton
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- 23 Aug. [1874] (Creation)
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4 ff.
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Barton End House, near Nailsworth. - was secretary to Sydney Dobell; his death; she and Dobell's widow wish his great virtues to be recognised; asks if Houghton can persuade Dean Stanley or Mr. Stopford Brooke to perform burial service at HIghgate Cemetery. Dobell wished to express sympathy at Houghton's bereavement but illness made letter-writing impossible; he was never separated from his own wife. Hopes Houghton will write obituary.
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- Jolly, Emily (1834-1917), novelist (Subject)
- Dobell, Sydney Thompson (1824-1874), poet and critic (Subject)
- Dobell, Emily (1822-1900), née Fordham, wife of Sydney Dobell (Subject)
- Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn (1815-1881), Dean of Westminster (Subject)
- Brooke, Stopford Augustus (1832-1916) writer and preacher (Subject)
- Milnes, Annabella Hungerford (1814–1874), née Crewe, wife of 1st Baron Houghton (Subject)