Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    L30/11/330/106
  • Title
    Letter from Harriett Yorke to Countess de Grey. Mention of the return of Lieutenant [William Edward] Parry. Mr Barrow sent Mr Yorke the charts taken off at the lithographic press within hours of Parry’s arrival at the Admiralty, and there is promise of his journal the moment it can be spared. ‘Captain Ross must feel a little foolish to have had his Croker Mountains sailed over.’
  • Date free text
    Wednesday. No date or year. [Oct 1820]
  • Production date
    From: 1820 To: 1820
  • 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
    [In 1818, Sir John Ross led an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. When he reached Lancaster Sound in Canada, he sighted, in the distance, a land mass which he named the Croker Mountains. He ordered the ship to turn around and return to England. Several of his officers protested, including First Mate William Edward Parry. The year after Ross's expedition, in 1819, Parry was given command of his own Arctic expedition, and proved Ross wrong by continuing west beyond where Ross had turned back, and sailing through the supposed location of the Croker Mountains. The mountain range that had caused Ross to abandon his mission had been a mirage.] Mention of volumes of the correspondence of Horace Walpole.
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