Letter from Lady Caroline Amelia Leigh, Baroness Leigh, to Lord Houghton
- HOUG/BM/7/132
- Parte
- 3 Sept. [1874]
On headed notepaper for Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth. - Thanks Houghton for his kindness in sending her a picture of his wife.
Letter from Lady Caroline Amelia Leigh, Baroness Leigh, to Lord Houghton
On headed notepaper for Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth. - Thanks Houghton for his kindness in sending her a picture of his wife.
Letter from Emma 'Nina' Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto, to Lord Houghton
On headed notepaper with monogram and coronet. - Discussion of their families, and of Houghton's Boswelliana.
Letter from Emma 'Nina' Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto, to Lord Houghton
On headed notepaper with monogram and coronet. - Her son Hugh tells her that Houghton sent her a letter or similar in February to which he has not received a reply; she assures him that she never received it. Wished very much to write to him at the time of his wife's death. Discussion of her publication of the letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto.
Letter from Louis Philippe d'Orleans, Comte de Paris, to Lord Houghton
129, Faubourg St. Honoré, Paris (headed notepaper). - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton. Discussion of summer plans.
Letter from Albert Oslif Rutson to Lord Houghton
San Francisco. - Has only just heard of the death of Lady Houghton; offers his sympathy. Is delaying his return to England a short while to spend some time in the mountains of Colorado.
Letter from [Konstantinos] Musurus to Lord Houghton
1 Bryanston Square. - Thanks Houghton for his 'kind congratulations' on his daughter Ralouka's impending marriage, but is very sorry to hear at the same time the news of Houghton's 'sad loss' [the death of his wife].
Letter from Cecilia Frances Northcote to Lord Houghton
On headed notepaper for 86 Harley Street, W. - Thanks Houghton for his 'kind note and expressions about Sir Stafford [his husband]', for which they are both very grateful. Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Austen Henry Layard to Lord Houghton
Madrid - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton. Has found out the information Houghton requires: 'Llanos, who was recently Spanish chargé d'affaires at Rome (to the Pope) is a son of Keats' sister, your correspondent who lives in Rome'. He himself does not know either of them socially, but should not have any difficulty in obtaining more information should Houghton require it.
Letter from Vincent William Ryan to Lord Houghton
Vicarage, Bradford. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Lady Mary Nisbet Hamilton to Lord Houghton
9 [?] St James Sq. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton; ventures to write a note of recommendation for a young man who is 'the son of M. and Mad. Favre who saw Lady Houghton at Geneva...' as Houghton may 'like to be kind to people who took such a friendship for her on so short an acquaintance'; he can easily write that he is out of town if it is an inconvenience.
Letter from William Henry Hurlbert to Lord Houghton
Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Florence Nightingale to Lord Houghton
Embley, Romsey - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton. Thought of her as 'the most magnanimous woman' she ever knew, 'of the stuff of which heroes are made. It is comparatively easy to be a hero, when one feels that one can do & dare anything for a great cause, but when one is a hero among the bare perplexities which enter so largely into English life & which drag down one who has no wings: that is to be a hero indeed'. Describes David Livingstone as having 'lately been my wings: the true heroic soul whome to reverence lends one's baser body wings. I had others: but they all died. Or rather they are continuing their heroic course elsewhere...' Says Lady Houghton also has 'joined the band of heroes elsewhere'.
Letter from Mamie Dickens to Lord Houghton
81 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, W. (headed notepaper with monogram). - Very kind of Lord Houghton and his daughters to write to her. Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton; remembers 'in company with my dear Father, many a pleasant evening at your house. He had... a very high regard for her'.
Letter from Louisa Caroline Baring, Lady Ashburton, to Lord Houghton
Itchen Stoke Rectory, Alresford. - 'Dear Amicia' tells her that Houghton would like a line from her; offers condolences on the death of Lady Houghton
Letter from Margaret Elizabeth Gaskell to Lord Houghton
84 Plymouth Grove. - Thanks Houghton for sending her a 'likeness' of his wife; sends condolences on her death.
Letter from Robert Bulwer Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton, to Lord Houghton
Paris. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Ármin Vámbéry to Lord Houghton
Pest University. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Ernest de Bunsen to Lord Houghton
Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Élise Thiers to Henrietta, Viscountess Galway
Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, to Lord Houghton
13 Belgrave Square. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton; discusses his recent loss of his own wife. Will of course vote for Augustus Hare in the ballot for the Athenaeum next Monday and do all he can for him; does not think this will be needed given Hare's 'literary claims & his popular character', and Houghton must not think of coming to town solely for that purpose.
Letter from Eliza Charlotte Parker to Lord Houghton
71 Onslow Square. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Bill from The "Old" Cheshunt Nurseries, Herts, to Lady Houghton
Addressed to Lady Houghton at Fryston Hall.
'To Account Rendered'. £2 1 s. 6d.
Stamp of receipt at bottom, dated 8 May 1874., 'With Paul & Louis' best thanks...'
Bill from Foster, Son & Duncum, artificial florists and plumassiers, to Lady Houghton
42 Wigmore Street, London. 'To Account Rendered'. £4 17 s. 2d.
Stamp of receipt at bottom, dated 29 Sept. 1874., signed by J. Aldridge.
Letter from Maria Elizabeth Brudenell-Bruce, Marchioness of Ailesbury, to Lord Houghton
Headed notepaper for Kimbolton Castle, St. Neots. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Benjamin Rush to Lord Houghton
1728 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton. Encloses copy of today's Philadelphia Press which has a notice of Lady Houghton's death.
Letter from Frances de Bunsen to Lord Houghton
Carlsruhe. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton; discussion of health spas in Germany with the hope she might see Houghton there; family news, and regards to Houghton's daughter Amicia.
Letter from Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney to Lord Houghton
32 South St., Park Lane.- Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton. Wishes that [her sister] Florence could have seen more of her; knows 'how highly she valued her. (It was one of the many losses of her painful & secluded life). Some family news, including that her husband Harry is 'one of the slain [i.e. one of the Liberals to lose his seat at the General Election] - after 42 years of political life I an afraid he will feel the loss of it'. Florence and their mother are at Embley.
Letter from [undeciphered], to Lord Houghton
9 [?] St James Sq. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Edward Middleton Barry to Lord Houghton
24, Oxford Square, W. (headed notepaper) - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Lord Ernest Bruce to Lord Houghton
6, St. George's Place, S.W.. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.