| Description | Blackheath
5 Jan 1896
My dear Leighton
I heartily congratulate you upon the distinction which has been conferred upon you by Her Majesty the Queen.
You will, I know excuse and kindly accept my perhaps too abrupt congratulations when you remember [sic] my incapacity to say all I wish to say while I am too ill to write.
But I cannot help trying to express my great gratification that you should have been so distinguished who have for many years been a true friend to me in so many ways.
John Gilbert
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