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Boodles. - Discusses Mrs Blackburne's anxiety about her son's eyesight; he himself has 'little faith in doctors in those cases'; if a change of air would help, she is welcome to send him to spend a month at Bawtry - or Serlby, where Milnes is often. Thinks that if there is anyone who has 'an unalloy'd Felicity', it is Annabel. From the mopy creature, as I saw her first at Madeley, she has sprung into a youth & freshness, beyond belief - younger by at least some dozen years- & in the highest spirits & enjoyments'. She and Richard are 'now making a round of visits in counties new to her - Norfolk & Suffolk', where two of Robert Milnes' sisters 'married early in life'; then they will go on to 'some of Richard's fashionable acquaintances'. Robert will then urge her to join him at Bawtry before the London season begins; asks Mrs Blackburne if she and Fanny would come and spend time with them.

Is currently in town; not at Brook Street as he does not like it, but at his 'old dingy lodgings next St James' St' [his club]; goes back to Bawtry at the end of the week. Discussion of current political situation: does not think their opinions would differ much; reversals in political fortunes, with recollections of the beginning of his own public life. 'But we will have it out, if you come to Bawtry'.

Vigna Balbo, nr Turin. - Letter of introduction for Count Morelli.

'Death: Ninth November 1858., Fryston Hall, Ferry Fryston..
Rank or Profession: Landed Proprietor
Cause of Death: Obstruction of the Bowels 4 [?] days Certified
Signature Description and Residence of Informant: John Dey present at the Death, Fryston Hall, Ferry Fryston
When Registered: Thirteenth November 1858
Signature of Registrar: James Crabtree,'
When Registered:

Copied by Robert Pemberton Milnes?

Letters to: Emma Blackburne, née Hesketh; his sister Amelia Jane Milnes; his wife Hon. Henrietta Maria Milnes; his mother Rachael Milnes; his brother Richard Rodes Milnes; his sister-in-law Hon. Frances Jane Monckton; his nephew and son-in-law George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway; his daughter Henrietta Eliza Monckton-Arundell; John [Thornton, his cousin?]; Mary [Anne Waddington, his sister?].

33 Garden Row, Lambeth.

Notes on family history, politics, religion, art, society etc. Includes draft account of visit to experimental farm belonging to Anthony Huxtable.

Thornes House. - 'Here comes Punch, but alas! no Judy' - Mary [her sister in law?] has a bad sore throat, and there is a 'cry against my leaving the Greeks' [her children?]. She and Mary had 'resolved on rebellion had we been able to bring our combined forces into action, nobody will believe me that a long evening drive is good for my health', and she would have enjoyed Milnes's lecture. But she must 'submit' and wish him 'every sort of success' and sympathy for his efforts on behalf of 'your honourable Neighbours'.

Warwick Castle. - On the death of Robert Pemberton Milnes, who was 'always a kind friend' and 'almost the last' of Mexborough's old friends still alive.

Including copy of letter, 13 Mar. 1819 from Christopher Wilson of Ledston (see HOUG/BP/3/11-16) and Mitton's reply of the same day.

Downing Street. - Encloses Lord Melville's reply [no longer present]; no hope of Vansittart as Chancellor of the Exchequer, will offer position to Robert Pemberton Milnes who could be of great service.

Also contains notes on the life of Lady Crewe copied from the autobiography of Hester Piozzi, including origin of the bluestocking assemblies.

Copy in unidentified hand; paper watermarked 1840.

Admiralty. - On Spencer Perceval's dilemma over appointment to Chancellor of the Exchequer: Palmerston's own future prospects of office; 'Milnes would probably not take it unless his ambition got the better of his partiality for Canning & his aversion to Perceval, and, though a man of very brilliant talents, I should much doubt his steadiness'.

Copy in unidentified hand.

Has declined offer of Chancellorship of the Exchequer; proposed himself as Secretary at War but Perceval has written to invite Robert Pemberton Milnes to join government and cannot act until Milnes' preferred office is known. Understands importance of securing Milnes as a 'doubtful friend, who might be of essential service to our cause'; would willingly take a seat at the Treasury if denied War Office.

Copy in unidentified hand.

Admiralty. - Dined with Robert Pemberton Milnes and Lowther at Perceval's; Milnes' support steadier than it previously appeared - he may acquire enough confidence to accept office before the end of the season.

Including copy of correspondence with Lord Malmesbury and of note by Sir Henry Bulwer.
Copy in unidentified hand; paper watermarked 1840.

B[awtry] H[all]. - Clearing out for the Gandolfis [new tenants]; has destroyed many papers but saved the enclosed [no longer present], which he believes has some merit; dactylic metre suggests a galloping horse; who wrote the 'instructive & temperate' comment on Turkey in December's Quarterly.

Bequeaths selected verses: earliest is the hunting song and last the Magnus Annus; nobody has ever seen them before; 'I never sought celebrity by any Printing - I don't care, after [his death?]'

Including note from [Marianne?] Waddington to Henrietta Eliza Milnes.

With a few copies of verse by others.
128: Letter from Robert Pemberton Milnes to William Constable Maxwell, [summer 1857]. enclosing verse, 'Ode to the Queen', written in 1854. Feared Indian Mutiny for years; Duke of Cambridge and Princes should have been sent to the colonies as rulers. Postscript: has acquired a book called The Convert through letter from Constable Maxwell's wife.
130: Poem by Robert Pemberton Milnes on the loss of Captain Wyvill's fortune in States Bank failure. [n.d.]

Pontefract. - On the death of Robert Pemberton Milnes; to remember Stainforth in his will is 'an almost overwhelming act of kindness'.

The letter contains mentions of [Caroline's sisters?] Jane and Louisa, and much discussion of young women such as Mary [Martha Anne?] Thornhill.