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City of Khaki

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06/12/1914

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Today men from the 5th Essex Regiment, the East Anglians, the Norfolk & Suffolk Army Service Corps, the Norfolk Regiment and the East Anglian Field Ambulance attended a church service in St John's. With over 3,000 troops in winter training quarters locally, many people commented that Peterborough had become a 'city of khaki'. (Bull, J & V., Perry, S. and Sturgess, R., Peterborough - a third portrait in old picture postcards, S.B. Publications, 1990)

Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.

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Queen Victoria's Tutor Buried in Peterborough Cathedral

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1864

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Dr George Davys was the last man to hold the position of both Rector of Castor Church and Bishop of Peterborough. He died on Monday 18th April 1864 at the age of 84 after 25 years in the role of Bishop of Peterborough and was buried in the Cathedral grounds on the 23rd of April.

The Northampton Mercury described his life as 'calm and unclouded' as was his personality. This would have been an asset for, some would say his greatest job, that of tutoring Princess Victoria, later Queen Victoria over a 10 year period. His tutelage of her was of great interest and the paper described how he was 'respected and beloved by his pupil' and that 'whenever her Majesty passed Peterborough on her way to the north, the worthy Bishop delighted to be in attendance on the platform of the railway station, not more to pay homage to his sovereign than to receive those kindly and pleasing tokens of regard from his august pupil, which everyone could see were no matter of form.'

Thankfully his portrait was taken and image stored in the National Portrait Gallery Collection

Reference

Death of the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, Northampton Mercury, Saturday 23rd April 1864, p 8, col 3

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