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Tonbridge Wells. With news of her children etc.

In hand of Annabella Hungerford Crewe? Perhaps dating from the time of Elizabeth Emma Cunliffe Offley's occupation of Crewe Hall, between 1829-1835: 'Unjustly think not, Emma, that we're blind / To all the treasures of thy polish'd mind...'

Note of dates covered on front of volume.

'Begins with Scotland' and note of dates covered on front of volume.

Thanks for poems; regrets she is unable to visit Mrs Milnes before leaving for Bonn. Postscript: both daughters desire their remembrances.

Montmorency. - Would have enjoyed a visit from Milnes as the train journey from Paris only takes 40 minutes; fears they will not meet again; Vichy waters made him so ill he had to be carried; nearly died of 'gout of the stomach' last month and was burned by an iron in the confusion; only kept alive by his wife's care. Tom's career as a country gentleman far better than a life of worldly vanity; Milnes has been both the 'brilliant political meteor of Bolton Row' and a simple farmer at Thorne, but perhaps neither satisfied him; good reports of Milnes' son's new wife. [Section missing]. Discussion of inappropriate business speculations; Spencer Cowper has sold one of his Norfolk estates. [End missing].

Therapia. - Does not have the authority to get Mr [Leader's?] protégé into the Turkish army; has only obtained a few posts; the Turks do not favour the admission of Christians into their services. Congratulations on marriage; Mrs Milnes' father was one of his earliest friends.

25 Rue Olivier. - Dated 'Sunday - Sept. 29' but the date is a mistake for 'Sept. 28'. On the ill health of his uncle Godfrey: 'he is just like my father in the later stage of his illness'. Godfrey's wife, whom George is 'convinced is an excellent woman & whose devotion to him is intense' thought on Friday that 'every breath would be his last'; he seems much better now. Has had some discussion with Godfrey about his property; expects that Godfrey has left it first to his wife and then to him but does not know the exact terms; does not think she would ever make 'improper use' of it and she is 'much to be pitied'. Asks after the 'fair invalid' [Milnes' daughter in law?] whom Milnes is looking after at Bawtry, and says that Lady Galway's 'commissions' will all be carried out tomorrow. Small postscript conveying Godfrey's love, though he is 'kept very quiet'.

25 Rue Olivier. - Godfrey Bland died this morning around eleven, 'almost without a struggle'. The scene was 'most painful... his poor wife adored him - & all his servants loved him so much'. They discussed his affairs before his death: Godfrey made a will a year ago before the marriage, leaving all to his wife except two hundred pounds to George and the same to Frederick, and something to his servants; he intended to alter it but had no strength left, and has told his wife he trusts her to give George twenty five thousand francs instead of five thousand. She will have a residue of about six or seven hundred a year, which will leave her very comfortable.
Godfrey will be buried as he wished at Père Lachaise, probably on Friday.

Will do all he can to help the 'poor widow'; such scenes as the ones this morning, '& the one at Bawtry - (how is A[nnabel?] poor little girl) - painful tho' they are - tend to make one a wiser and better man'

Crewe Hall, Crewe. - [written in third person]. Pictures should be kept until Mrs Milnes comes to town; would like proof of new print of Archdeacon Hare framed in gold.

Madeley. On question of whether he should receive an augmentation of salary [as a teacher at Madeley] due to his Certificate of Merit. Encloses letter from Harry Chester at the Committee of Council on Education, Privy Council Office, to Rev. John William Daltry (mistakenly addressed as Dalton) saying the grant cannot be awarded. Addressed to 'Honble Mrs Monckton Milnes' at Crewe Hall.

Wentworth Woodhouse. - Is supporting the proposed railway line into North Lincolnshire solely to the extend the market for his coal. Hopes that Milnes will visit him at Milton [Cambridgeshire] in January; Milnes' son and daughter-in-law will be paying him a visit.

Including letters of introduction, immediate bills and subsequent bills for carriage of goods.

Crewe. - Re the wedding of Hon. Annabella Hungerford Crewe and Richard Monckton Milnes at Madeley, Staffordshire.

Letters written between Jun. and Dec. 1951; some undated.

Dingle Cottage, Ledbury. - Today received 'the cleverly executed miniature which certainly does recall one expression of that most dear countenance [her late husband Eliot Warburton]'. Did not think 'so good a likeness could be produced'. Recognises the added interest the portrait has 'coming to me from the hands of his two best friends'; gratefully accepts the gift 'in memory of an affection which followed my husband through life' and as evidence of continued friendliness towards herself. Is going to stay with her brother-in-law George Warburton and his wife when they are settled in Kent, and will pass through London, but is unsure whether she will see Milnes there, but will certainly 'obey the summons whenever you tell me again "to come and see you in Yorkshire"'. Asks to be remembered to Milnes' wife; will not 'forget her Orphans but all my people will belong to the wrong Asylum'.

Pencil number '2' added on first page.

7 Fitzroy Square, (London).—She and her husband are grateful for Mr Milnes’s tribute to Miss Berry (i.e. his poem on her funeral).

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7. Fitzroy Square
Dec[embe]r 2. 1852.

Dear Mrs Milnes

Instead of trusting to the slender chance of finding you at home on occasion of a call I venture to write & tell you how grateful Sir Cha[rle]s & I feel, in company with many others, to Mr Milnes for his most beautiful tribute to the venerated Miss Berry.

He has spoken the language of all our hearts, & I feel convinced that each who knew Miss Berry must feel as if a sweet & sacred duty had been fulfilled for them—& fulfilled exactly as each could wish—& as none other could have done—Pray tell Mr. Milnes this—truly my heart seems lightened by his lines—

Hoping that yourself & your little daughter are well whose christening I was sorry not to be able to congratulate you on I beg to remain

Your’s truly
Eliz. Eastlake

Bawtry. - Read Hayward's 'Radowitz' [obituary of the general, published in the Morning Chronicle, 31 Dec. 1853?]; apt description. of 'Peelite' views, combining pomposity and simplicity. His wife is much better. Coalition failing, much as expected, possibly because of [Sir James] Graham's presence; did he write 'F-----' article in the Times?

Breakfasts: 1852-1854; also christening luncheon for Hon. Amicia Milnes, 19 Aug. 1852.
Dinners: 1852-1854