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Letter from Anne Barker, sent from London, to Amabel Hume-Campbell, Lady Polwarth. [Typed transcript available]. Reference to Lady Polwarth's journey to Lord Grantham's [Newby Hall?]

18 Jul 1783

From: 1783 To: 1783

Writer is uncertain how long she will remain in London. Mention of the marriage of Lord Denbigh [Basil Feilding, 6th Earl of Denbigh,] and Lady Sarah, widow of Sir Charles Halford, 7th Baronet - 'everyone but the party himself wonder at her accepting him.' The Duchess of Devonshire and her child are both well. The writer is told she nurses the baby herself with great success; the accounts of the expensive clothing for mother and child are beyond conception - 'they go so far as to say £5,000', while Lady Lincoln told the writer she laid out £30 on the same occasion. [Reference to Lady Georgiana Cavendish (nee Spencer) and her daughter Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish; Lady Lincoln is Lady Anna Maria Pelham-Clinton, nee Stanhope]. Major [Henry Fitzroy] Stanhope has declared his marriage with Miss [Elizabeth] Falconer - 'she has infinite beauty and talents but no fortune whatsoever- his affairs are in as bad a way as possible and at present his mother cannot bring hersel to see her new daughter, tho' all the rest of the family proceed from the maxim what is done is done - cannot be undone; and receive her very kindly.'

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Barker, Anne,
Hume-Campbell, Amabel, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas,
Feilding, Basil [6th Earl of Denbigh and 5th Earl of Desmond],
Feilding, Sarah,
Cavendish, Georgiana,
Cavendish, Georgiana Dorothy,
Pelham-Clinton, Anna Maria,
Stanhope, Henry Fitzroy,
Falconer, Elizabeth

family correspondence, CORRESPONDENCE, travel, clothing, specific marriages, London