L30/12/35/176

Letter from Elizabeth Hume Campbell, to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent from London to Paris. Writer's father [Windmill Crompton] continues to suffer greatly, and there is a fresh sore breaking out.

25 Dec 1770

From: 1770 To: 1770

Mr [Walter] Scott, Lady Diana and Annie arrived in London on Sunday. Hughie arrived from school on Thursday. General brief news of social events. 'I hear that the court of Guignes entertains very grandly.' Comments about the new 16th peer [Sixteen representative peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland to sit in the British House of Lords], with reference to Lord Dysart.

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Hume-Campbell, Hugh,
Marchmont,
Hume-Campbell, Alexander,
Hume-Campbell, Hugh (3rd Earl of Marchmont),
Hume-Campbell, Elizabeth,
Crompton, Windmill,
Scott, Walter,
Scott, Annie,
Scott, Hugh,
Scott, Annie,
Tollemache, Wilbraham, 6th Earl of Dysart

family correspondence, illness