Record

Document Reference	Os C 191
Title	Letter from Sir R. Owen, British Museum, London, to J.E. Denison; 9 Dec. 1869
Date	9 December 1869
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Informs Denison that he cannot visit to see his lake and the birds as colleague Dr Gray is ill and his workload is heavy; refers to newspaper account of attack on Denison's windows 'by a pair of excited kingfishers'.
Term	birdwatching
	birds
	social news

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9760	Gray; John E. (1800-1875); Dr; naturalist	1800-1875
NA1016	Scott; Charlotte (1806-1889); Viscountess Ossington; née Cavendish-Bentinck m 1827 J.E. Denison Viscount Ossington	1806-1889
NA9761	Owen; Richard (1804-1892); Sir; naturalist	1804-1892
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873