• Reference
    L30/14/420/16
  • Title
    From Roger Wilbraham:
  • Date free text
    13 May 1776
  • Production date
    From: 1776 To: 1776
  • Scope and Content
    Sketch of Lord Beauchamp's 'View of the Escurial' by Rubens; has permission to take it. Chamier to convey it to Grantham. Not yet able to begin his visit to the Northern continent. His friend Stepney sets out today for Dresden. Recent weddings; Lord Talbot's nephew and Lady Charlotte Hill. Miss Foley & Winnington. Shuttleworth & Miss Assaguliers. Lord Stormont & Miss Cathcart. America; unfavourable news. Retreat from Boston etc... Duchess of Kingston; talk of, subsided. Lord Barrington's failure to reveal confidentialities even under oath. New Lords; Sir Jeffry/Jeffery Amhurst, Sir Edward Hawke, Sir Brownlowe Cust, George Pitt, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Foley, Lord Polworth, Lord Carmarthen, Lord Mount stewart, Duchess of Argyle remainder to Duke of Hamilton. Irish creations include Sir R. Philips, Sir Charles Bingham, Sir Archibald Acheson. Direct letters to Goslings, Clives and Goslings, Fleet Street.
  • Level of description
    item