| Ref No | WP/14/1/2 |
| Alt Ref No | WP14/1/2 |
| Title | 'Fox-hunting near Cairo. Trespass and Assault. An Extraordinary Incident' |
| Description | Cutting from the 'Daily News' (London) dated in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand August 6th 1901, of a letter to the editor from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, from Beaulieu, Hants, 4 Aug 1901 headlined 'Fox-hunting near Cairo. Trespass and Assault. An Extraordinary Incident' re an incident involving regiments of the Cairo army garrison being assaulted by Blunt's servants while fox-hunting on his property near Cairo in his absence, supporting his servants action and deploring the behaviour of the 11th Hussars. The reverse shows items including a reports on the Earl's Court Exhibition and part of the latest mail and steamship news.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 1840-1922
Lumley, [ ], fl 1901
Rycroft, [ ], fl 1901
Place: Egypt |
| Date | Aug 1901 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Press cutting |
| Level | Item |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 |
| PX5543 | Blunt; Wilfrid Scawen (1840-1922); Traveller Politician and Poet | 1840-1922 |
| PX5544 | Lumley; Hon; Osbert Victor George Atheling (1862-1923); Brigadier-General; Soldier | 1862-1923 |
| PX5545 | Rycroft; ? (fl 1901); Major | fl 1901 |