L30/17/4/60

From Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham, St. Ildefonso to Anne [Nanny] Robinson:

6 Sep 1773

From: 1773 To: 1773

Letter from Therese, alone at Saltram. Mr. Parker away at the Assizes. Delightful account of little boy, mistrusts her own partiality. Lockhart merely commented he was healthy. The little Infant not speaking yet, he is not so beautiful as in his earlier days. Lady Pelham may be confined at the time Nanny receives this letter. Therese's picture, hope it's on its way. Lord Barrymore's death, agrees it's no loss to Lady Barrymore. Lady Emily [Pelham’s?] match proceeding slowly. Heard the Queen had been very ill. Masserano's return to England to be confirmed soon. He dines next Thursday. The King has killed some deer for them, of which sport he is not particularly fond [the King]. Grantham taking 12 silver plates into the country specifically for eating venison from. Usual cordiality from Count Gazola during their stay at Segovia. Martyrized by gout but better at present. Cold dinner at Rio Frio planned, handsome, uninhabited place in the locality. The Russians are lazy, fanciful and sickly, and he wishes they would make the most of everything as he and Fritz do etc.. Sending an example of wage lists etc... ‘Jealousies of ye Seraglio’; new dance tonight.

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Parker, John,
Barrymore,
Pelham, Emily,
Gazola,
Robinson, Thomas (2nd Baron Grantham),
Robinson, Annie

DEATH, travel, illness, deer, hunting, venison, dinners, Spain