L30/11/339/156

Part of a letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Polwarth, sent from Ely. Reference to the health of Lady Grey; Mlle de Hompesch gives a good account of the progress of recovery. 'The lameness seems to be the most troublesome part of the complaint.' The writer got a slight cold from attending in the cathedral the funeral of Rev James Bentham [Prebendary of Ely. 'I expected the ceremony to be fine, but it exceeded my expectation...'

Dec 1794

From: 1794 To: 1794

Mention of the engagement of the Prince of Wales and Caroline of Brunswick with description of Caroline from a friend who had met her. Comment about a young man who had lost an eye; the occulist took 'above a pound of blood' - the man fainted away, but the eye is no better. Relates an anecdote of a man pestering the Duchess of Rutland.

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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,
Hompesch, Jacqueline Charlotte, Comtesse de,
Yorke, Jemima (Countess of Hardwicke),
Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales,
George IV,
Bentham, James,
Manners, Elizabeth (Duchess of Rutland)

family correspondence, funerals, illness