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Letter from Richard Monckton Milnes to Burlton Bennett, 1 Nov. [mid 1840s]; Letter from Colmore Frind Cregoe Colmore to his brother-in-law Burlton Bennett, 23 Dec [1870?]; letter from R. G. Simmonds, secretary to Sir John Hawkshaw, to Burlton Bennett, 2 Dec. 1879.

Printed notice, 'Mr Bennett's statement of facts relative to the affair between him and Mr. [Henry Jenney?] Brabazon', [late 1820s? Perhaps relating to the alleged fighting of a duel.]; letter from Charles Astor Bristed to Richard Monckton Milnes of the unstable behaviour of 'W. Monckton Bennett' [William Burlton Bennett?] on a voyage to Spain, 2 Feb. 1846; piece [speech?] on the British Merchant Navy [Burlton Bennett? 1852?]; verse, 'Being in your company, as W. G., so is W. B. become poetical' [perhaps late 1870s?].

Includes legal opinion, 29 Dec. 1865, by James Brownlow Hoskins, relating to a question of funds in trust for Marianne Colmore Bennett, estranged wife of William Anthony Burlton Bennett; this was originally enclosed with a letter from William Frind Charles Burlton Bennett to Lord Houghton.