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

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".

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]