L30/12/35/281

Letter from Elizabeth Hume Campbell, to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent from London. [Typed transcript available].

28 Feb 1780

From: 1780 To: 1780

'It is only within these few days that I have heard what my Lords fear of giving me uneasiness made him conceal from me so long; that you have set up an opposite interest to him in the County of Berwick, without consulting him upon the subject. O my dear child, my heart is almost broke. But I must always love you and whatever I suffer will still bless and pray for you. I am too much agitated to write more at present, but that I shall always be your very affectionate mother.' Note: At the 1780 general election John Paterson, MP for Berwickshire and son in law of Lord Marchmont was faced by a challenge from other members of the Marchmont family and his nephew by marriage Hugh Hepburne-Scott stood against him. Scott won in a tough contest and Paterson petitioned, on the grounds of an illegal bargain between Scott and another candidate. The election was declared void, but Scott was re-elected at another poll. [Hugh (Hepburne) Scott was the son of Walter Scott and Diana, nee Hume-Campbell, daughter of Lord Marchmont.]

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Hume-Campbell, Alexander (2nd Baron Polwarth),
Hume-Campbell, Alexander,
Marchmont,
Hume-Campbell, Elizabeth,
Hume-Campbell, Hugh (3rd Earl of Marchmont),
Hepburne-Scott, Hugh,
Paterson, John

family correspondence, general politics, Berwickshire