Item 4 - Letter from Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, 5th Baronet, to Lord Houghton

On embossed notepaper for Boreatton Park, Shrewsbury. - Encloses papers relating to his brother-in-law Furse Vidal, one of the Conducts of Eton College Chapel; his contract has been breached regarding preferments; asks Houghton to refer to matter to the Archbishop of York as one of the Public School Commissioners; the Vicar of Staines will approach the Attorney-General; the Provost and Fellows recognise the hardship of the case but cannot override the new Statutes; address to Gladwyn, Wrexham.

Enclosure: letter, 26 Mar. 1872, from Francis Furse Vidal to Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, Eton Coll[ege]. - Encloses copy of statement of case [no longer present]; is now ninth in line for a Living, below those formerly below him; was led to expect swift preferment when appointed and fears injury to health if kept in present position for long.