L30/14/333/166

From Fritz, Stanmer to 2nd Baron Grantham:

30 Dec 1778

From: 1778 To: 1778

Agrees with Grantham's actions regarding the Duque de Medina Sidonia's horse; accept it & keep it for England if he persists with offer. Doesn't see how he can easily be quits with Duque etc... Enquires after Carvajal's beasts and name of ship on which Alexander O'Reilly, Carabinero Almagro, Chico Mio and Roberto Rozinante travel. Happy at success of plateau, may not be so much admired here, not customary to have the dormant on the table during dinner. Thinks the scheme for converting old dishes into covers a reasonable one, may not be done so well in Spain as England, difference in look of English & foreign silver. Has seen fine service of plate made for Mr. Campbell, didn't like cloches. Misplaced decorative medallions on sides etc. Hasn't seen Turennes better than Granthams, Lord Pelham's are squat urns. Mr. Coke has a service costing £10,000 & employs a burnisher to keep it clean. Story of Sir Charles Bampfylde's service made by Jeffery's who was never paid. Bampfylde sold it through Auction, Jeffrey's secretly bought it etc... Sorry about Waddilove's illness and his own uneasiness [Frederick's] at being the cause of his prolonged stay in Spain. Vicuna frock successful, will set the fashion in Town, superior in quality to other types etc... "M. Levetzow must be a brute". No knowledge of Lady Di Beauclerck's prints to Mr. Walpole's Tragedy. She has made a few copies of Duchess of Devonshire's portrait. Her Coterie will be increased before end of the Sessions by her brother C's wife.

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Campbell,
Pelham,
Coke,
Bampfylde, Charles Warwick,
Jeffery,
Waddilove,
Walpole,
Beauclerk

horses, silversmith, silver