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Letter from Elizabeth Hume Campbell, to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent from London. Reference to Alexander's health.

6 Aug 1778

From: 1778 To: 1778

'Both Edward and Miss Lockman are very good creatures and I hope will be very happy, but how far is it prudent for a young man of five and twenty that will have a very slender income, to set down quite without business of any sort, is another consideration.' [Edward (Ned) Barker married a Miss Lockman, daughter of Rev John Lockman, canon of Windsor] Believes there is a prospect of Mrs Lake 'giving us another little relation, but not before the beginning of next year.' Much obliged to Lord Hardwicke for the offer of venison. 'I must now prepare for court, and assure you that the dressing in a great hoop, this very hot close day, is a forminable affair and will require some time to perform.' James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater is married to Christina Teresa Murray, daughter of Sir Joseph Murray, 3rd Baronet, whom the writer saw at Spa.

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Hume-Campbell, Alexander (2nd Baron Polwarth),
Hume-Campbell, Alexander,
Marchmont,
Hume-Campbell, Elizabeth,
Barker, Edward,
Lockman, John,
Ogilvy, James, 7th Earl of Findlater,
Murray, Christina Teresa,
Murray, Joseph [3rd Baronet]

family correspondence, specific marriages, venison