Pocket book of guest lists kept by Hon. Annabella Hungerford Milnes
- HOUG/43/22
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- 1857-1859
Breakfasts: 1857-1859; including christening breakfast for Hon. Robert Offley Ashburton Milnes, 11 MAr. 1858
Dinners: 1857-1859.
Pocket book of guest lists kept by Hon. Annabella Hungerford Milnes
Breakfasts: 1857-1859; including christening breakfast for Hon. Robert Offley Ashburton Milnes, 11 MAr. 1858
Dinners: 1857-1859.
In Memoriam A.H.H.: volume of letters etc on the death of Lady Houghton
'In Memoriam A.H.H. Feb. 24 1874' on spine.
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 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 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 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 Caroline Maria Peacock to Lord Houghton
Stoneley Hall. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Julia Maria Frances Lennard to Lord Houghton
Headed notepaper for Wickham Court, Beckenham, Kent. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Catherine Mary Buckton to Lord Houghton
Headed notepaper for 4 Moorland Terrace, Leeds. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Alicia Bayne to Lord Houghton
40 Yorke Terrace, R[egent's] P[ark]. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Marian Dora Malet to Lord Houghton
Headed notepaper for Queensbury Place, S.W. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Lady Mary Labouchere, Baroness Taunton, to Lord Houghton
101 Eaton Place. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Cecilia Anne Mary Thynne to Lord Houghton
The Hill, Laverstock, Salisbury. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Georgiana, Lady Chatterton, to Lord Houghton
Baddesley Clinton. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton. Recently, while looking through old papers, found some 'excellent verses' by Houghton on her friend Louisa Denison, asks if they have been published.
Letter from Lydia Sophia Manners-Sutton, Dowager Baroness Manners, to Lord Houghton
43 Princes Gate, S.W. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Elizabeth Coningham to Lord Houghton
Balmes [?] Lodge, Great Malvern. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton; her husband also asks for his name to be joined with hers in sympathy but 'he now, never writes - & is as sad a wreck as you can imagine'.
Letter from Mary Stanley to Lord Houghton
6 Grosvenor Crescent. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton; this was the 'first news [her brother] Arthur saw when he landed on Wednesday from Russia'.
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 Frances Elizabeth Anne Fortescue, Countess Waldegrave, to Lord Houghton
Headed notepaper with monogram and coronet, 7 Carlton Gardens, S.W. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ramée) to Lord Houghton
Headed notepaper with 'Ouida' monogram. Florence. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Elizabeth Bickersteth to Lord Houghton
Headed notepaper for The Palace, Ripon. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Élise Thiers to Henrietta, Viscountess Galway
Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Charlotte, Baroness de Rothschild, to Lord Houghton
Headed notepaper for 148 Piccadilly. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Letter from Isabel Burton to Lord Houghton
Trieste. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton; they were both very shocked to read the news in the paper. Richard 'has no courage to write' so she has undertaken to do so. Looks back over their long friendship: the help offered to them by the Houghtons when they were 'in trouble', especially to Isobel herself early in their marriage when Richard was in Africa and she was 'lonely and miserable'.
Letter from Anna, Countess von Bernstorff, to Lord Houghton
Stintenburg, Mecklenburg Schwerin. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton
Letter from Elizabeth von Bunsen to Lord Houghton
Headed notepaper for Abbey Lodge. - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton; [her daughter] Hilda feels it very much and remembers how kindly Lady Houghton received her and her husband last year.
Letter from Nina Lehmann to Lord Houghton
15 Berkeley Square (headed notepaper with monogram). - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.