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Memoir of Francis Hodgson
Duke of Rutland to Francis Hodgson, 26 April 1840
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Preface
Vol. 1 Contents
Chapter I.
Chapter II. 1794-1807.
Chapter III. 1807-1808.
Chapter IV. 1808.
Chapter V. 1808-1809.
Chapter VI. 1810.
Chapter VII. 1811.
Chapter VIII. 1811.
Chapter IX. 1811.
Chapter X. 1811-12.
Chapter XI. 1812.
Chapter XII. 1812-13.
Chapter XIII. 1813-14.
Vol. 2 Contents
Chapter XIV. 1815-16.
Chapter XV. 1816-18.
Chapter XVI. 1815-22.
Chapter XVII. 1820.
Chapter XVIII. 1824-27.
Chapter XIX. 1827-1830
Chapter XX. 1830-36.
Chapter XXI. 1837-40.
Chapter XXII. 1840-47.
Chapter XXIII. 1840-52.
Index
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It was necessary to get up all recollections of the prosperity and welfare that await you at Eton, not to feel very melancholy when I went to Edensor yesterday.

Belvoir Castle: April 26, 1840.

My dear sir,—No friend of yours can more rejoice in your well-deserved promotion to the Provostship of Eton than I do, and I cannot help giving
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 this expression to my feelings. I am well aware of the general regret which will be experienced in the neighbourhood—where you have so long resided, and have been so much beloved—at your departure; but that regret must give way to a sensation of joy at one who is so eminently qualified for an important position, such as is the Provostship, being placed in it. I sincerely hope that Mrs. Hodgson and your daughter are well.

Believe me, my dear sir,
Yours very faithfully,
Rutland.