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RefNoKHAC6/6074/17
AltRefNo6074/17
TitleLetter to Frank Cowlard from Viscount Mandeville, Colombo [Ceylon]
DescriptionHas been ill for some months with malaria and diphtheria, causing him to lose his eyesight and become paralysed. Two months in a nursing home. Has recovered and is returning to work in Colombo on Monday. Account of the shooting. Glad to hear Butter's Wood and the other plantations are doing well. Has suggested the whole of the Firs might be cut down. News of Lord Angus. Hasn't heard from Lord Kim in a year.
Date9 Dec 1943
CreatorNameCorrespondence and papers of Frank Cowlard (1891-1951), Head Gamekeeper on the Duke of Manchester's estate at Kimbolton
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives

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