Crewe. - Re the wedding of Hon. Annabella Hungerford Crewe and Richard Monckton Milnes at Madeley, Staffordshire.
Letters to: 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?].
Letter of 6 Nov. 1833 (sent to Henrietta Milnes at Milan) includes a note (perhaps incomplete?) from Richard Monckton Milnes to his mother, which mentions the funeral of Arthur Hallam, as well as one from Rachael Milnes to her 'very dear Harriets' [daughter-in-law and grand-daughter].
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?]'
Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.
Recollections of Lord Houghton as philanthropist.
Including letter from Hon. Henrietta Maria Milnes to Robert Pemberton Milnes, [16 Jan. or later, 1833].
Letters from: Caroline, Countess d'Andreis; George Davison Bland; Thomas Davison Bland; Edward Cheney; John Craufurd; Rev. William C. Fenton; Mary Gaskell, née Brandreth; his sister Caroline Milnes; his wife Hon. Henrietta Maria Milnes; his mother Rachael Milnes; his brother Richard Rodes Milnes; his nephew and son-in-law George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway; his daughter Henrietta Eliza Monckton-Arundell, Viscountess Galway; William Moorhouse; his cousin John Thornton; his brother-in-law Marmaduke Wyvill; his nephew Richard Rodes Wyvill.
1 letter (single sheet; purple edging) in French.
With note to Richard Monckton Milnes.
Re Lord Houghton's health.
Includes two typed transcriptions of letters (25 Aug. 1832 and 27 Jun. 1833). Newspaper cutting re Lord Royston [Charles Yorke, later 5th Earl of Hardwicke] enclosed with letter from early 1870s. Letter, 15 Aug. 1874, from Thomas Clifford Allbutt to Lord Houghton, enclosed with letter of 16 Aug. 1874.
One letter [undated; after 1838] including additional note by Henrietta Monckton-Arundell to her brother Richard. Another [late 1835] written by both Amelia Jane and Caroline Milnes. Letter written before Easter 1842 has additional note from Henrietta Monckton-Arundell, and encloses letter from Mary Anne Waddington to Henrietta Monckton Arundell.
Bawtry Hall- On the death of Robert Pemberton Milnes.