• Reference
    L30/11/144/18
  • Title
    Letter from Jacqueline Charlotte, Comtesse de Hompesch to Lady de Grey, Wrest Park. Has not suffered any ill effects from soaking.
  • Date free text
    12 Aug 1820
  • Production date
    From: 1820 To: 1820
  • Scope and Content
    Writer went to take tea at the Thomas Cocks's where she saw Mrs [Charlotte Jemima] Colleton, just arrived with her daughter Annabel, having 'taken fright at the swelling of one of her glands and wishing to consult Sir William Knighton. He does not think much of it, but it has determined her upon going abroad.' Jemima Carew has come back looking very well - her account of the passage from Calais to Dover was most amusing [described]. Comments about the Royal Review.
  • Level of description
    item