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Letters from Hugh Hume-Campbell (Lord Marchmont) and Elizabeth Hume Campbell, to son Alexander Hume-Campbell [on same sheet]. Sent from Hemel Hempstead to Gottingen. Came to Hemel Hempstead last Thursday; delayed in Town by the anniversary of the King's accession.

29 Oct 1769

From: 1769 To: 1769

'It was said, .... that you was the only young man of our country whose education was attended to with a view to make him a useful member of our country....' 'You see by this what is expected of you, both to justify me and to promote your own promising hopes. One winter's determined application will do both.' Comments about the study of feudal law and the theory of government. Elizabeth writes 'My Father's face is I fear a very dreadful affair. God knows how it will end; he is now taking hemlock pills.' Mr Bland dined yesterday - he informed that Mr Fleming is to be married. Mention of Mr Halsey - 'it seems he has made a great addition to Mr Gibson's plan and it will be a prodigious large house. I wish he would remember Tully's precept that the owner is an ornament to the house, and not the house t the owner.' [Possibly refers to Thomas Halsey, whose home Gaddesden Place, near Hemel Hempstead, was commenced in 1768].

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Hume-Campbell, Hugh,
Marchmont,
Hume-Campbell, Alexander,
Hume-Campbell, Hugh (3rd Earl of Marchmont),
Hume-Campbell, Elizabeth,
Crompton, Elizabeth,
Crompton, Windmill,
Bland,
Fleming,
Halsey, Thomas,
George III

family correspondence, EDUCATION, illness, law, MARRIAGE, Hemel Hempstead