L30/12/35/190

Letter from Hugh Hume-Campbell (Lord Marchmont) to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent from Hemel Hempstead. 'I am thoroughly sensible of Lord H's kindness to you. Let it be your constant object to endeavour to deserve it. The good opinion and friendship of such a man is a more worthy pursuit than anything within the power of Kings or Courts.....' [Believed to refer to Philip Yorke, Lord Hardwicke, fahter in law of Alexander following his marriage to Amabel Yorke in July 1772]

5 Nov 1772

From: 1772 To: 1772

The writer hopes that his friendships will give him 'power enough to keep the command of myself, should the worst happen in what I am about. For on this occasion I can only lose my good opinion of those whom I wish to deserve it for the good of this Country; I annot lose the friendship of any that is not worth having.' Writer is to see Lord North [Prime Minister] 'merely as a communication and desiring to know what he will say of what has passed on his speaking to the King, that I may be prepared how to act..' 'If I see the door absolutely shut, I must tell that all my motives to public life are at an end.' 'The other point Lord H mentions... is certainly out of the question. It will never be offered, and when considered as to you, it is mere moonshine..'

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Hume-Campbell, Hugh,
Marchmont,
Hume-Campbell, Alexander,
Hume-Campbell, Hugh (3rd Earl of Marchmont),
Yorke, Philip (2nd Earl of Hardwicke),
North, Frederick (2nd Earl of Guilford)

family correspondence, general politics