Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    L30/11/330/115
  • Title
    Letter from Harriett Yorke to Countess de Grey, written from Bonnington. Would be grateful for some venison; the change in the weather will allow it to be transported without deterioration. The change in the weather is not good for the harvest. ‘Lord Hardwickes rent days are become very losing concerns.’
  • Date free text
    29 Aug [1821]
  • Production date
    From: 1821 To: 1821
  • 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
    Lord Hardwicke is tolerably well in health, but the ‘faintings’ continue; he had three the morning before the writer left Wimpole, and he never passes a night without them. They have altered his habits – instead of being constantly employed in business he sits in the dining room with a book or stands in a listless way at the window. It was a large party at Wimpole; Sir Joseph [Yorke] was there with his Marchioness [Lady Urania Anne Yorke, second wife of Joseph Sidney Yorke] and Miss Kington [step daughter] and three on his own children; also Elizabeth Stuart and her two little girls, Lord & Lady Lindsay, Mr Heathcote and Lady Elizabeth and Mr Pepys. Waits to hear when the Hardwickes set out for Ireland. Lady Elizabeth has decided not to accompany them, as she cannot defer her return to Paris much beyond the first week of October and the Hardwickes will not return to Wimpole till November. The Caledons cannot leave Dublin ‘till His Majesty turns his back on it’ Has received a good account of Mrs Powell and her baby. [Mary Agnes Powell, nee Waddington, granddaughter of James Yorke, bishop of Ely had a son, Thomas Harcourt Powell, baptised September 1821].
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