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HOUG/A/D/3/7
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Letter from Henry Bowie, secretary of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, to Richard Monckton Milnes
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- 28 Dec. 1863 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet, 1 single sheet, 1 printed ticket.
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On headed notepaper, Philosophical Institution, 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh. - The Directors wish Lord Houghton to be informed that, at their meeting on the 21st, he was unanimously elected an Honorary Life Member of the Institution. There are very few such members: the Bishop of St. David's [Connop Thirlwall], Sir John Pakington, Sir David Brewster and 'one or two more'. Encloses a copy of the minutes of this meeting, and a life ticket. Is expecting a proof of Houghton's address, which he will send for final revision as soon as he receives it.
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- Bowie, Henry (1812-1885), merchant and secretary of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution (Subject)
- Thirlwall, Connop (1797-1875), bishop of St David's, historian (Subject)
- Pakington, John Somerset (1799-1880), born Russell, 1st Baron Hampton, politician (Subject)
- Brewster, Sir David (1781-1868), Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator (Subject)