Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    L30/11/330/157
  • Title
    Letter from Harriett Yorke to Countess de Grey, sent from Bonnington. Mr Yorke had a letter from his nephew Eliot Yorke [son of Joseph Sidney Yorke] informing him of his intended marriage to Miss [Emily Anne Millicent] Radcliffe, daughter of the late Emilius Henry Delmé Radcliffe of Hitchin Priory.
  • Date free text
    2 Oct [1832]
  • Production date
    From: 1832 To: 1832
  • 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
    The young lady is about 21 years old and said to be very pleasing and well educated, and have £15,000, which is as much as Eliot had any right to expect with a wife – there is nothing therefore to object ot either on the score of fortune or birth. She is extremely well connected. Mr Yorke wishes however, the Eliot had been a little more established in his profession before he had taken a wife, and also that he had a few more hundreds a year of his own to add to their income. Miss Radcliffe is a very good friend of Agneta Yorke [daughter of Joseph Sidney Yorke]. The Hardwickes are remaining at Wimpole until the end of the month. Lady Caledon [Catherine Freeman Alexander] was to set out on her long journey this morning; she does not mind travelling by land, but has a great horror of her passage by sea, and no repetition of it can reconcile her to the crossing from Holyhead to Dublin. The Grantham Yorkes [Grantham Munton Yorke, son of Joseph Sidney Yorke and wife Marian Emily, nee Montgomery] and their son, Joseph Augustus are at Wimpole, on their way to their new home in Cambridge. Grantham has had the folly to leave the army, and is now going to study at Cambridge for the Church. It will be three years before he can be ordained.
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