L30/11/238/54

Letter from Katherine Gertrude Robinson, Durnford, to Lady Lucas, Putney Heath. [Typed transcript available]. Comments about the mild weather.

3 Jan 1810

From: 1810 To: 1810

Comments about Napoleon's desire for an heir and whether Princess Charlotte could be a wife for him. Thanks for doe venison. Hopes there has been no more confusion regarding use of the opera box. Mention of the Persian ambassador [Mirza Abul Hassan Khan]. Writer is going to meet the Boringtons at Kingston [John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon and wife Frances], then will stay one day at Wilton House before returning [home of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke]. Will move to Privy Garden in about a month. Writer has been reading Gil Blas ['Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane', by Alain-René Lesage]. Makes comments. Pleased to hear Miss Mary Thompson is to be married 'according to her own advice and the approbation of her friemds to Mr [Claudius] Buchanan. The writer hears he is a great Oreintalist and an excellant man. 'How odd that all three sisters should have married men connected with India.'

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Robinson, Katherine Gertrude,
Lucas, Amabel, Baroness,
Bonaparte, Napoleon,
Parker, John [2nd Baron Boringdon],
Parker, Frances,
Herbert, George Augustus (11th Earl of Pembroke),
Buchanan, Claudius,
Thompson, Mary

family correspondence, venison, specific marriages, books