L30/12/35/284

Letter from Elizabeth Hume Campbell, to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent from London. Comments on weather.

14 Apr 1780

From: 1780 To: 1780

Details of guests and visits. 'Lady Harrington [Jane Stanhope] has been so ill ever since she was brought to bed that they had no hopes of her life, but this morning she is better; Lord Harrington had sailed about half an hour before the express got to Portsmouth to tell him the news.' Mrs Turnbull lies in of twins. 'Lady Craven has lately published a book, anecdotes of a family whose name consists of four and thirty letters. [Modern Anecdotes of the Ancient Family of the Kinkvervankotsdarsprakengotchderns]

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Hume-Campbell, Alexander (2nd Baron Polwarth),
Hume-Campbell, Alexander,
Marchmont,
Hume-Campbell, Elizabeth,
Stanhope, Jane,
Turnbull,
Craven, Elizabeth