L30/11/339/254

Letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Lucas, sent from Forthampton. Mention of thunder storms. Mrs Colleton [Jemima Charlotte, nee Pole-Carew] has given birth to another girl [Annabel Frances Colleton]; both going on well.

31 Jul 1808

From: 1808 To: 1808

General family news. Suggestion that Lady Grantham [Henrietta Robinson] is pregnant. Mention of Miss Talbot and Miss Carter Appointment of Sir Harry Burrard [to the command of the army] will be a disappointment, Sir John Moore being so great a favourite. Comments regarding delivery of venison. Grandson Philip Yorke has been staying to recover from whooping cough. Mr & Mrs Joseph Yorke are soon coming to visit. Mrs Beauchamp[-Proctor] is anvious to know when Joseph Yorke sets sail with her second son Christopher.

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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,
Colleton, Charlotte Jemima,
Colleton, Annabel Charlotte,
Robinson, Henrietta,
Talbot,
Carter,
Burrard, Harry,
Moore, John,
Yorke, Philip,
Yorke, Joseph,
Beauchamp-Proctor, Christopher

family correspondence, storms, venison, whooping cough