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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    SIR CHARLES BEAUMONT PHIPPS (1801-66)

    17 Oct 1851. Colonel Phipps to Prince Albert

    17 Oct 1851

    Loose typescript paper | 1 document (6 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/8/105

    Copy of a letter from Colonel Phipps to Prince Albert in which Colonel Phipps expresses his displeasure at Dr. Lyon Playfair being made a Gentleman Usher. He describes Playfair as "a man of low birth, ordinary appearance and uncouth manners".

    Originals: For original see VIC/MAIN/F/25/52 (Royal Archives).

    • Creator(s)

      Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66) (writer)

      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) (addressee)

    • 1 document (6 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Mulgrave Castle [Yorkshire]
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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