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L30/11/339/299
Title
Letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Lucas, sent from Forthampton. Enquires after Lady Grantham's brother - according to the newspaper he has been wounded.
Date free text
1 Jun 1811
Production date
From: 1811 To: 1811
Scope and Content
Though the wound was mentioned as a slight one, the writer suspects Lady Grantham's nerves may have been affected. Mention of Admiral Duckworth, who married his second wife, a Miss Buller, about three years ago [Susannah Catherine Buller, a daughter of William Buller, the Bishop of Exeter]. Mrs Yorke is coming to visit on the 14th.
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item

Persons/institution keyword
Yorke, Mary,
Maddox, Mary,
Lucas, Amabel, Baroness,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Hume-Campbell, Amabel, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas,
Robinson, Henrietta Frances,
Duckworth, John,
Buller, Susannah Catherine
Keywords
family correspondence, marriages

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Wrest Park [Lucas] Archive
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- Correspondence
  sub-fonds | L30
  1651-1913
  - Wrest Park (Lucas) Correspondence: To Amabel Yorke (Born 1751, died 1833), Countess de Grey 1816 , B...
    series | L30/11
    1778-1833
    
    Correspondence from Mary Yorke (nee Maddox/Maddocks), wife of James Yorke, Bishop of Ely, mostly to ...
    file | L30/11/339
    1766-1824
    Letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Lucas, sent from Forthampton. Enquires after Lady Grantham's brothe...
    item | L30/11/339/299
    1 Jun 1811