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MCPP/WI/4/4/10
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Letter to Revd W. Inge from Revd Francis St John Thackeray, Apr 1879
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- April 1879 (Creation)
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1 item, paper
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(6 June 1860 - 26 February 1954)
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Letter from Revd Francis St John Thackeray to Revd W. Inge to congratulate him on his son’s success in winning the Newcastle Scholarship at Eton.
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The Newcastle Scholarship is an annual prize awarded at Eton for the highest performance in a series of special written examinations taken over the course of a week. It was instituted and first awarded in 1829 and is the college's most prestigious prize. Originally focused on both Divinity and Classics.