Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    L30/11/330/55
  • Title
    Letter from Harriett Scott to Countess de Grey. Pleased to hear of ‘poor Mrs Yorke’, hope she may not suffer in health for the many and severe losses she has sustained. It will be a comfort for her to be with Countess de Grey and Lady Grantham. [Refers to Mary Yorke, widow of the Bishop of Ely – her son Rev Philip Yorke died May 1817, and her son James had died in 1816].
  • Date free text
    31 Ju 1817
  • Production date
    From: 1817 To: 1817
  • Admin/biog history
    Harriet Yorke, nee Manningham born c.1763, was the daughter of Charles Manningham and his wife Ann. Her siblings were: Charles William Manningham, b. 1762, d.1849 Coote Manningham, b.c.1765, d.1809 Boyd Manningham, b. 1766 Amelia Manningham, b.1767 Elizabeth Manningham, b.1768, d. 1853 (usually referred to as Eliza or Elvira in the letters) Henry Manningham, b 1773, d. 1821 Coote Manningham married Anna Maria Pollen in 1802. Their children were: Charles Coote Manningham b 1804, d.1810 Boyd Pollen Manningham, b. 1807, d. 1831 Harriet Manningham, b,1806, d. 1824 Mary Anne Manningham, b.1802, who married Edward Buller. Coote Manningham died in 1809, and his wife died in 1822. By Anna Maria's Will, Coote’s siblings Harriet Yorke, Charles William Manningham and Elizabeth Manningham became the guardians of Coote's surviving children (Boyd, Harriet and Mary Anne). The children lived with Elizabeth. The letters contain several references to Elizabeth's "charges" and other details of this side of the family.
  • Scope and Content
    Writer believes she is doing right for her daughter by taking her to a warmer climate for the winter – though she seems near well now, all the doctors say that the swelling would very likely return with the cold weather. Hope to set off next week. Lady D is well, though cannot help feeling unhappy at going so far out of her and Miss Scott’s reach. No plan is yet settled except to go to Switzerland, and to return home next spring via Paris, where they hope to see Sir Charles and Lady Elizabeth Stuart. Will either go to the south of France of Italy for the winter. ‘At present I most heartily wish the whole expedition was over and all of us returned again.’ Will stay a few days in London and a few with Lord Romney in Kent before going to Dover. Note: the writer of this letter. Harriet Scott, nee Bruhl was married to Hugh Scott (later Hugh Hepburne Scott, 6th Lord Polwarth. Hugh’s mother was Diana Scott, nee Hume-Campbell, half-sister of Alexander Hume-Campbell, husband of Countess de Grey. See also L30/13/24.
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