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Letter from Jacqueline Charlotte, Comtesse de Hompesch to Lady de Grey, Wrest Park. Very much obliged for kind intentions respecting the play in December which will give the writer much pleasure, especially after the disappointment of the week when Lady de Grey 'bestowed the box upon me.' [The writer did not go to see Der Freischütz, as she thought it would be frightening, and was warned so by Mrs J Cocks]. Quotes Mrs J Cocks's comments about the production.

Postmark 11 Nov 1824

From: 1824 To: 1824

Has just been reading 'Scenes in the Harem', which is amusing and interesting. Colbourn also sent a new novel 'Grandeur and Meanness' by the author of 'The Wife and Mistress' [Mary Charlton] which the writer recommends. Elizabeth Carew has arrived at New Cavendish Street from Brighton; she can now walk a little. She has horses for the day and will call soon on the writer to spend the evening at Edward Street, so will finish letter tomorrow. 'The Carews are changeable like the weather and I found myself taken to Harley Street instead of Edward Street - Thomas Cocks dined out and Mrs Cocks wished for companions.' Sorry to hear that Sir William Lemon is in a bad way - he has had a sort of bilious attack and has become so weak that they seem alarmed about it. [He died December 1824]. Mention of his daughters Emma and Fanny [Francis] and Lord & Lady Dunstanville [Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville, married to Harriet, nee Lemon], who are all to winter in Rome on account of Miss Basset's health. 'I think it very odd and uncomfortable that we have no intelligence from Sir Anthony Buller [widower of Isabella Jane, nee Lemon, who died in 1823]. I suppose his little girls must now be arrived and I would like to know whether he really thinks it was a desirable plan their being sent to him [in India]. Poor man!' Mention of Lady Hardwicke's health. Reference to Floresi.

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Hompesch, Jacqueline Charlotte, Comtesse de,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Cocks,
Carew, Elizabeth,
Cocks, Thomas,
Lemon, William,
Lemon, Emma,
Lemon, Frances,
Basset, Francis, 1st Baron de Dunstanville of Tehidy,
Basset, Harriet,
Buller, Anthony,
Buller, Isabella Jane,
Floresi,
Yorke, Elizabeth Scott

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