A transcription of the letter:
26 May 1905
8, Hereford Gardens,
W.
My dear Arkwright.
I cannot repair from sending youa few lines of dear sympathy - most sincere I can assure you in the loss of your dear Father - & in which Lady Mildred & my children join. I saw something of him when at ______
when
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when he came for luncheon tea etc. as my mothers & how cheery & nice he was to my children - he told me then he was fast going down hill - but I did not think we should lose so soon so fine & dear an Englishman & County Gentleman. I housed your Uncle Arthur he with
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with you as it is sad times. Express to him my heartfelt sympathy too; he will not remember me but he Captain of my tutors at Eton. Do not trouble to answer. It is & at the same time do not think it as I am intending at this moment?
Yours sincerely:
George Allsopp
I know too well a blank in our family my dear Father's death caused.
Submitted by Richard Hungerford at 1:22 AM on June 15, 2026.