| Description | Letter written from 41 South Street, Park Lane, dated 19 [?May]. Fortescue [1818-1905, third Earl Fortescue and politician] informs Mrs Wingfield that he has written to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach [1837-1916, politician] praising her father (Sir George Nicholls) and recommending her son for an appointment, stating: 'I have grounded my recommendation [...] exclusively upon his grandfather's long & valuable services'. |