KITCHIN (George William, 1827-1912, Dean of Winchester 1883-1894, from 1894 Dean of Durham)

Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Mayor Treloar, saying how disappointed he is to have to decline the invitation "to Dine at the Mansion House, & to meet there the 'Old Boys of K[ing's] C[ollege] S[chool]" owing to attacks of jaundice, he thinks he would have been "the oldest member there - for I was at the School from 1842 to 1844 ... And at any rate a man in his 80th year cannot meet many schoolfellows", but wishing "your Banquet a great success", 3 sides 8vo, The Deanery, Durham, 12th April

Dean Kitchin at Durham was also Warden of the University from 1894, and its Chancellor from 1909.

Item Date:  1907

Stock No:  17692      £20

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