L30/12/35/263

Letter from Elizabeth Hume Campbell, to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent from Hemel Hempstead. General social news. Comments about the post to Leighton.

11 Apr 1779

From: 1779 To: 1779

Mention of John Paterson and the [Berwickshire] election. 'Mrs Anstruther mentions Annie Scott having refused Sir H. MacDougal and says she hears Miss Eliza Bailie is to marry Mr Renton [?] 'This is the second daughter I think, and the least handsome.' 'Our friend Lady Linton is now Countess of Traquair'. [On the death of her Father in Law, John Stewart, 6th Earl]. When Alexander is at Leighton and the writer at Hemel Hempstead, desires Alexander to ride over and stay one night without writing first. On arrival he should apologise for displeasing his Father, and the writer then thinks all will be well.

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Hume-Campbell, Alexander (2nd Baron Polwarth),
Hume-Campbell, Alexander,
Marchmont,
Hume-Campbell, Elizabeth,
Scott, Annie,
Bailie, Eliza,
MacDougal, H,
Stewart, Mary [Countess of Traquair],
Paterson, John

family correspondence, specific marriages, elections