L30/13/24/2

Scott, Mertoun to Baroness Grantham, Putney Heath, London Hopes Lord and Lady Grantham are better, and that Countess de Grey's eyesight has improved with the use of her spectacles. Recommends a novel by Mr Hamilton, called 'Cyril Thornton'. Thanks her for speaking to Viscount Goderich on her son, Francis', behalf, and hopes he will bestow a situation on him in the future. They do not want Francis to take an attach,'s post in the Foreign Office. She is acquainted with Lord Landsdown, and asks her if she thinks it would be advisable to approach him for a position for Francis.

30 Sep 1827

From: 1827 To: 1827

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Lucas,
Grantham, Mary Jemima, Baroness,
Scott, Harriet,
de Grey, Thomas Philip (2nd Earl de Grey),
Cole, Henrietta Frances,
de Grey, Henrietta Frances,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Hamilton,
Robinson, Frederick John (1st Earl of Ripon),
Scott, Francis,
Lansdowne, Henry Petty, 3rd Marquess of

family correspondence, manuscripts, health, visual impairment, books, employment, prime minister, Foreign Office, Wrest, Putney Heath [Surrey]