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- 6 Dec. 1864 (Creation)
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2 ff.
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Naples. - Is the son of Houghton's friend the late Thomas Holme of Venice; was educated at Malta and Basingstoke; Mr Pook of Naples funded schooling after his father's death and Uncle Valentine's failure; abandoned seafaring career in China after a beating; ran a coal business in Japan which failed; secured clerkships in Kong Kong but was obliged to return to Europe when attacked by 'the most dire of all Eastern maladies Dysenerty [sic]'; returned to Naples after treatment at St Thomas's Hospital in London; long convalescence; his brothers Edward and RIchard have paid all expenses; is employed by Rogers' Bank but receiving no pay; Captain Chamier of Paris informs him that great influence is needed to secure post of Queen's Foreign Service Messenger; seeks any Government post; will be 22 on the 12th this month; his skills.