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L30/11/330/152
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Letter from Harriett Yorke to Countess de Grey. Writer has been unwell but is now convalescent, though still very weak. ‘Mr Tupper calls it the ‘choler-ine’ and says it is certainly epidemic.
Date free text
1831
Production date
From: 1831 To: 1831
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
Mention of Reigate election. Captain Yorke arrived in Burlington Street last Sunday – he made his passage from Malta in a steamer. Lord Hardwicke was seriously ill at the beginning of the week; he left his bedroom for the first time yesterday. Lady Caledon has also been ill with a similar complaint to the writer. Mention of ‘poor’ Lady Clanricarde [her husband, Joseph Sidney Yorke died May 1831]. Mention of Lord & Lady Stuart de Rothesay and their daughters, who are expected in Town. Whereabouts of other family members. Sister leaves Town on Wednesday for Staffordshire to stay with niece Mary Anne Buller. Mr Yorke is very deaf.
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