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Letter from Thomas Cockburn to Alexander Hume-Campbell, 1st Baron Hume of Berwick. Sent from Edinburgh. Lord Alva has inspected his Lordship's marriage articles.

5 Feb 1780

From: 1780 To: 1780

Lord Alva prepared a memorandum to be sent by Lord Breadalbane to Lady Grey, to afford her Ladyship to speak to the trustee of the articles. Lord Breadalbane was pleased with the delicacy towards Lord Marchmont expressed in Lord Hume's letter to him on the subject, but he could not let the matter rest; he would now proceed in it, so as Lord Hume's feelings should not be hurt. Lord Breadalbane proposes his correspondence with Lady Gray as the proper course. Writer has applied to Wauchope for the Christmas annuity. Wauchope requires details of an allowance of £200 made to Lord Hume in April 1778 - the writer told him it was independant of the current annuity and therefore was not to be taken from it. The collection at Greenlaw is on Monday, 'so I hope to receive immediately - they have not yet offered me a farthing of what is due to me tho' it is very much wanted.' 'The enclosed just now received for young Torwoodlie is sent over by my son - he will be worth full £1700 a year, and I hope he will be respectable...' Reference to 'a certain person' whose actions generally betray him to have a certain defect. 'He has in court here two pleas at present, one which he has lost will cost him some tow or three hundreds, the ohter, which he may lose, in point of name and character goes much deeper, both the effect of want of capacity, as well as other things more interesting.'

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Cockburn, Thomas,
Hume-Campbell, Alexander (1st Baron Hume of Berwick),
Erskine, James, Lord Barjarg and Alva,
Hume-Campbell, Hugh (Earl of Marchmont),
Campbell, John (3rd Earl of Breadalbane & Holland),
Wauchope, John,
Torwoodlie

CORRESPONDENCE, business, family/personal financial affairs, annuities