Reference
AU10/53/1
Title
Letter from Dulcie M.Ashdown of London to Andrew Underwood:
- she was researching a book on the matrilineal history of Elizabeth II and was looking for anecdotes;
- in the line was Caroline Louisa Burnaby of Baggrave Hall, Leicestershire who married Rev.William Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (1817-1865), Vicar of Ridgmont and Husborne Crawley (his first wife had been Sinetta Lambourne, rumoured to be a Gypsy);
- his mother was the "scandalous" Anne Wellesley, Lady Abdy;
- asking for published histories of Ridgmont and Husborne Crawley
Date free text
10 May 1988
Production date
From: 1817 To: 1988
Level of description
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