Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    L30/12/35/108
  • Title
    Letters from Hugh Hume-Campbell (Lord Marchmont) and Elizabeth Hume Campbell, to son Alexander Hume-Campbell [on same sheet]. Sent from London to Gottingen. Have received no letters from Alexander since that written on 22 October. 'Your colleges are now in their progress and I make no doubt of your exerting all your powers to make the proper use of them.'
  • Date free text
    14 Nov 1769
  • Production date
    From: 1769 To: 1769
  • Scope and Content
    Comments about civil law and the origin and definition of the word beneficium - 'the word points out both the feudal nature of the land and the commander under whom the possessor of it is to to range - himself.' Elizabeth writes that she has heard Hugh Scott is to go to Westminster School and return home every night; Lady Diana and Walter Scott have taken a house in Hertford Street for three years. Miss Wingfield is to be married to Sir (something) Stiles [Hon Isabella Wingfield married Sir Charles Style, 5th Bt., of Wateringbury] General news of social life, visits etc. 'We do not hear anything certain about Lord Eglington, but it is generally believed that the man shot him resignedly.' [Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton was shot by an excise officer named Mungo Campbell on 24 October 1769 following a dispute about the latter's right to bear arms on the Earl's grounds. The Earl died from his abdominal wounds. Campbell was convicted of murder but died by his own hand before the sentence could be carried out.] Captain Peter died very suddenly from the bursting of a blood vessel. He left no children. 'I hear that the new Lord Mayor made a very poor figure on Lord Mayors day.' [William Beckford?]
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