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RefNoKMAN1/A/10/29/66
AltRefNoM10/29/66
TitleLetter from Edmund A. H. Lechmere, Park Street [London], to the Duke of Manchester
DescriptionReporting progress with the Order of St John of Jerusalem. They have acquired chambers in St Martin's Place but are not yet furnished. It is proposed that a Chaple of Ladies of the Order be established to assist in the charitable work. Will the Duchess allow her name to be enrolled? A planned dinner on the Festival of St John the Baptist and he hopes the Duke will attend. If the Order becomes well known later they could perhaps get up a troop of mounted riflemen or Light Horse of their own.
Date30 Mar 1867
CreatorNameThe Montagu family of Kimbolton Castle: estate and family papers
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives

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P/0083Montagu (nee von Alten); Louise (1832-1911); Duchess of Manchester (1855-1890); of Kimbolton Castle1832-1911
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