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RefNoKMAN1/A/49/7/17
AltRefNoM49/7/17
TitleLetter to the Duke of Manchester from the Duchess of Manchester
DescriptionShe is pleased to hear of the arrangements to take Lord Kerry's house for six months. News from the royal court. "The story you have heard of another certain Duc is very true, it happened at Lady Clements to Lady Duncannon who was so shocked that she fainted away..." Copied quote from Governor Campbell in Jamaica commending Lord Charles Montagu's actions in America. She has forwarded it to Mr Fox.

N.B. Presumably written from London, while the Duke was serving as Ambassador in Paris.
Date5 Jan c.1783-1784
CreatorNameThe Montagu family of Kimbolton Castle: estate and family papers
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives

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CodePersonNameDates
P/0092Montagu (nee Dashwood); Elizabeth (c.1740-1832); Duchess of Manchester (1762-1788); of Kimbolton Castlec.1740-1832
P/0074Montagu; Sir; George (1737-1788); 4th Duke of Manchester (1762-1788); of Kimbolton Castle1737-1788
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