BR TO MARY MURRAY, 18 APR. 1911
BRACERS 52346. ALS. Murray Papers, Bodleian
Proofread by K. Blackwell

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Bagley Wood,
Oxford.1
April 18. 1911

My dear Mary

I am very sorry indeed to see that your father2 has died after a very short illness. It must be a great blow to you and all; I see he was staying with Cecilia.3 I always loved his gentleness and his humour, and his charm. Was it quite unexpected? But in any case the sense of loss at the end must be hard. If you see Cecilia please give her my deepest sympathy, which you have also, as you will know without my words.

Yours affectionately
Bertrand Russell.

• 1

  [document] Proofread against the original letter.

• 2

  your father George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, married to BR’s Aunt Rosalind (Stanley).

• 3

  Cecilia Sister to Aunt Rosalind and married to Charles Henry Roberts. Cecilia lived 1868–1947.