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CalmRefNoKHINCH/9/C/G/208
Reference numberHINCH 9/208
TitleLetter; George Thornhill, Cheam, to 7th Earl of Sandwich.
DescriptionThanks him for the offer of a company in the proposed Militia. Is inclined to decline the offer on the grounds of age and lack of warlike propensities. Would change his decision, however, if Lord Sandwich's private advice was to accept the appointment.
Date[1852]
CreatorNameMontagu family, Earls of Sandwich of Hinchingbrooke
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives

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