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Letter from Susan Bathurst, Cheltenham, to Lady de Grey, Putney. Mention of heat and storms of the last month.

3 Sep 1832

From: 1832 To: 1832

The newspapers tell of Lord Goderich being ill at Wimbledon. Hopes the ‘dear boy’ has escaped any serious illness [assume to refer to George Frederick Samuel Robinson]. Reference to the affliction of ‘our friends at Sydney Park’ [following the death of Charles Bathurst] ‘I believe when I wrote from there I said our valued friend Mr Bathurst was very unwell; is illness increased before we left him and ended fatally a fortnight after. We have felt much for the loss of one of our oldest and kindest friends…’ From Sydney Park went to visit brother at Cirencester, and able to enjoy some of his short holidays, before progressing to Cheltenham. Mention of Grand Duchess Helena who is staying at Cheltenham. Newspaper article of an account from the Malta Gazette of the appearance of a volcanic island in the Mediterranean. Seymour went from Malta to see it and described it as an awfully magnificent spectacle; he spent 30 hours off the spot, during which time the island increased 25 feet in height and nearly as rapidly in circumference. General Ponsonby and Emily have come to the continent on a short leave of absence; their children have been suffering with whooping cough but are improved by a climate cooler than the heat of Malta. Their vessel passed within 20 miles of the volcano, but even at that distance the noise was so terrible she had no wish to approach nearer.

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Bathurst, Susan,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Robinson, Frederick John (1st Viscount Goderich),
Bathurst, Charles,
Ponsonby, Frederick Cavendish,
Ponsonby, Emily

CORRESPONDENCE, weather, Malta, whooping cough