Autograph Letter Signed, to "My dear Hanmer", explaining that he had "spent a good deal of money in Germany", and is rather short, having received nothing before Christmas, but is now able to send a cheque fo eight guineas.

66 Upper Norton Street, 5 January 1857. Sir William George Cusins (1833 – 1893) was an English pianist, violinist, organist, conductor and composer. He toured widely, in England, Leipzig, Berlin and other places, as a concert pianist and as a composer. He was appointed organist to Queen Victoria's private chapel. He also played the violin in various orchestras in London. In 1851 he became assistant professor at the RAM, and later full professor. In 1867 he succeeded Sterndale Bennett as conductor of the Philharmonic Society and remained in this post until 1883. He was appointed Master of the Queen's Musick by Queen Victoria in 1870.