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Correspondence from Agneta Yorke - aunt of Amabel Hume-Campbell, Countess de Grey.

1772-1820

From: 1772 To: 1820

Agneta Yorke, nee Johnson was the second wife of the Hon Charles Yorke, second son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke. Annabella Yorke, Countess de Grey of Wrest was the daughter of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and brother of Hon Charles Yorke. She married Alexander Hume-Campbell, 1st Baron Hume of Berwick, and died on 4 May 1833 at age 82, without issue. Her married name became Hume-Campbell. She succeeded as the 5th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell, co. Wilts on 10 January 1797. She was created 1st Countess de Grey of Wrest, Bedfordshire on 25 October 1816, with a special to remainder to her sister Mary Jemima Yorke, and her male heirs.

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