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SHREWSBURY
(Henry John Chetwynd Talbot, 1803-1868, Admiral, 18th Earl)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Sir',
saying that Wellington College is a very good place to put a young lad, though Alfred my boy is a very reserved & shy young fellow & did not much like it, and is now at a private tutor's, he mentions the Church accounts and asks his correspondent to follow up a reference for a Mr. Boyd seeking a living and what his Church tenets are, 4 sides 8vo., Ingestre, 18th December
Item Date: 1864
traces of transparent strip in blank margin of fourth side
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The Earl was at Navarino in 1827, commanding the 'Philomel', and was later Naval ADC to Queen Victoria.
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