L30/12/35/62

Letter from Elizabeth Hume-Campbell (Lady Marchmont) to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Cold and foggy weather. Details of social events and visitors.

13 Dec 1768

From: 1768 To: 1768

Saw the christening of the Princess [Augusta Sophia]. Middlesex election - 'the mob broke in and took away the poll books so the election is obliged to be deferred till tomorrow.' Young Mr Hodges in on the point of marriage to a Miss Blake, said to be worth £15,000. Philip Stanhope, [illigetimate] son of Lord Chesterfield has died [died of dropsy in St Gervais, France]. Would be interested to hear about Alexander's lessons on Christian religion.

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Hume-Campbell, Elizabeth,
Crompton, Elizabeth,
Marchmont,
Princess Augusta Sophia,
Hodges,
Blake,
Stanhope, Philip,
Stanhope, Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

family correspondence, CORRESPONDENCE, weather, fog, elections, Middlesex, DEATH, dropsy