The author writes concerning a thousand pounds which was lent to the Duchess of Devonshire by Lord Bessborough some years ago and in financial difficulty now, she requests as a favour to her and her uncle Frederick, that he pay an advance of one thousand pounds on her behalf. Signed "H F Bessborough".
Letter from Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, (née Spencer) Countess of Bessborough to William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS1/686.3
- Dates of Creation
- 2 December [1819]
- Physical Description
- 1 sheet
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Spencer, Henrietta Frances 1761 - 1821 [2nd daughter of 1st Earl Spencer, m.(1780) Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, (1793) 3rd Earl of Bessborough]