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HOUG/E/M/19/3
Title
Letter from Henry Sykes Thornton to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 8 Dec. 1865 (Creation)
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2 ff.
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Birchin Lane. - Can Houghton assist Percy [Melville Thornton]?; War Office being filled with NCOs; enclosed letter [no longer present] is proof that Percy would never pass the necessary examination; 'He is one of the best [...?] in England & Reginald says th[a]t on th[a]t account it had been determined to send him into the Church.