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HOUG/36/90
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Letter from Mary Langdale to Robert Pemberton Milnes
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- 11 Jul. 1851 (Creation)
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Houghton. - Charlotte reports Charley improved. Beau Brummell's note interested the family, but few remembered him; Milnes' description of a dandy as an 'unprincipled exquisite' confirms her feelings that Brummell's career does not merit a biography. Mr Thackeray's lectures on the 'Four Georges' bring royalty into disrepute for private gain; the Kings were not faultless but the nation advanced considerably under their rule and a patriot should recognise the fact; quotes Montalembert on respect for the throne; to lose such respect would be disastrous for the country,
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- Langdale, Mary (1801-1857), née Constable-Maxwell, wife of Charles Langdale (Subject)
- Milnes, Robert Pemberton (1784-1858), landowner and politician (Subject)
- Brummell, George Bryan (1778-1840), dandy and socialite, known as Beau Brummell (Subject)
- Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811–1863), novelist (Subject)
- Montalembert, Charles Forbes René de (1810-1870), Count de Montalembert, historian and politician (Subject)