Autograph Letter Signed ('F. B. Malim') from Frederick Blagden Malim, Master of Wellington College, Berkshire, to an unnamed recipient, correcting the misapprehension that 'Wellington specially "prepares" for the Army'.

2pp., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Typed at head: 'Educn. | F. B. MALIN [sic] (b.1872). Master at Wellington College.' The letter begins: 'No - Wellington was not founded to educate boys intending to enter the Army, it was founded to educate cheaply for any calling the sons of dead Officers of the Army. The Foundation now educates at £10 per annum 90 such boys. The battle Benson fought was to open the School also to sons of civilians.' Malim points out that the sons of soldiers often follow their fathers' profession, adding, 'the impression has grown up that Wellington specially "prepares" for the Army. This is not and has never been the object of the School.'