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I am sorry that I forgot in my letter to speak about Woburn. I don't think that there is a day on which it is shown to the public, and the Duke does not live there but in a small house in Woburn Town. I knew the last Duke well, having done much work in the County with him, but I have never known this Duke well on account of his strange views on certain points, especially as to Conscientious Objectors, so that I should not like to ask favours of him & I rarely meet him. The son and heir I am glad to say has not adopted his father's views. It has turned out quite sunny this afternoon. I hope I shall soon get the hay finished and stacked. I used to know the parents of Lord Scarsdale. Hs mother married secondly a Col Hawkes, but never went to Kedleston.

5 Jul 1947

From: 1947 To: 1947

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Wingfield, Anthony Henry,
Matthews, Sidney H.,
Russell, Hastings William Sackville (12th Duke of Bedford),
Scarsdale, Richard Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Viscount,
Curzon, Alfred Nathaniel,
Montagu, Henrietta Mary,
Hawker, Claude Julian,
Russell, John Ian Robert (13th Duke of Bedford)

conscientious objectors, weather, hay, WOBURN, Woburn Abbey, Kedleston, Kedleston Hall