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Letter from Katherine Gertrude Robinson, Durnford, addressed to Lady Lucas, Wrest [Typed transcript available]. Thanks for venison.

18 Jul 1802

From: 1802 To: 1802

Explains about Lady Malmsbury [Harriet Maria Harris] and the French Abbe - Lady Malmsbury had stated that she would be afraid to inhabit Wrest without a man, and that if she was Lady Lucas she wouyld keep an Abbe to read to her by day and guard her by night. Sorry Mr [Charle Philip] Yorke is involved in so much expense and trouble. His predecessor the ex Secretary at War [William Windham] has been defeated at Norwich [in the 1802 general election]. Hopes Francis Burdett will not succeed. Lord Francis Osborne was elected at Lewes. Further comments about the election including James [James Edward Harris, later 2nd Earl of Malmesbury] being brought in for one of the Duke of Leeds boroughs [he was member of parliament for Helston 1802–1804]

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Robinson, Katherine Gertrude,
Lucas, Amabel, Baroness,
Harris, Harriet Maria,
Yorke, Charles Philip,
Windham, William,
Burdett, Francis,
Osborne, Francis,
Harris, James Edward (2nd Earl of Malmesbury)

family correspondence, venison, General Election