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GB 891 BHH-BHH/5-BHH/5/30-BHH/5/30/2
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Letter from M.E. Grant Duff to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 10 March 1873
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(1829-1906)
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Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff GCSI CIE PC FRS (21 February 1829 – 12 January 1906), known as M. E. Grant Duff before 1887 and as Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff thereafter, was a Scottish politician, administrator and author. He served as the Under-Secretary of State for India from 1868 to 1874, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1880 to 1881 and the Governor of Madras from 1881 to 1886.
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Letter from M.E. Grant Duff to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his letter and enclosures and that he will use them to advance Hodgson's cause. Handwritten with printed letterhead, 1 side, dated 10 March 1873. Also accompanying envelope with Hodgson's annotations.
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