W1/6001/10

Lady Elizabeth Whitbread, Grove House, to Maria Edgeworth. (2 sheets, plus cover at W1/6001/9.)

18 July 1826

From: 1826 To: 1826

The event so soon to take place eventually will prove a gain rather than a loss, rejoices to hear of Harriet's happy prospect. My children all well & Happy, have however suffered much anxiety on account of Brother & family, the disagreeable occurence during the Northumberland Election had scarcely subsided when Brother called upon to attend a dying son [Thomas Grey]. He was nearly 16, died after a few days' illness, of brain fever, brought on by having been exposed to excessive heat without a hat. Brother left Lady Grey in Town to be out of way of Election but rejoined her on this melancholy event.

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Whitbread, Elizabeth,
Edgeworth, Maria,
Whitbread, Harriet,
Grey, Thomas,
Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl Grey

deaths, out-county elections, Northumberland