30 DECEMBER 1995, Page 23

Sir: The letter from Mr Edward Chancellor (Letters, 16/23 December)

explaining how the Duke of Norfolk knew the name Chan- cellor is one of the most deeply absorbing communications ever to have appeared in the pages of The Spectator. May we now, please, have a whole series of articles on How Dukes Come Across Not Terribly Well-known People?

Patrick Taylor

Beaumont House, Wells, Somerset