(Charles, 1819-1875, Novelist, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1860-1869)
Autograph letter signed to an unnamed corrrespondent
headed at the top Nat. Loan Port Ex asking has Ld Willoughby deEresby been asked for pictures from Grimsthorpe Castle? There is one there which we ought to have. A very beautiful portrait of Ld Clinton, High Admiral..., 2 sides 8vo., Eversley Rectory, 18th December
Charles Kingsley's novel re led to the founding of a village by the same name (the only place name in England with an exclamation mark) and inspired the construction of the Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway.