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Letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Polwarth. Lord and Lady Dover are now in Hill Street; the Town is so empty that they will have scarcely anybody to look in on them when Lord Hardwicke's family go to Wimpole.

11 Nov 1792

From: 1792 To: 1792

Lord Dover seems worse than the writer expected - he sleeps all night and a great part of the day and has a moderate appetite, but grows weaker. He can be irritable and it is difficult for Lady Dover, whose behaviour is exemplary. Description of the lower drawing room at Lord Dover's house, fitted up by Eckardt [artist]. Comments about His Majesty's conduct which has exposed him to much ridicule abroad. Mention of satirical medals struck in Holland and Vienna. Regarding public affairs, the writer states 'In every country there will be wrong headed people - but in our happy realm they are not likely to make many proselytes to their wild opinions.' This opinion was confirmed by Sir William Ashurst, who stated that the movers of these wild advertisements etc. had met with much less success than they had expected. Contemplates what will become of the French King. Whereabouts of family members.

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Yorke, Mary,
Maddox, Mary,
Lucas, Amabel, Baroness,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Hume-Campbell, Amabell, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas,
Yorke, Joseph (1st Baron Dover),
Yorke, Christiana Charlotte Margaret,
Eckardt,
George III,
Ashurst, William

family correspondence, illness, French Revolutionary Wars