Letter from George Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington to "M" [Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (née Compton)

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

  • Reference
    • GB 2495 CS1/1132.29
  • Dates of Creation
    • 20 April [c. 1811]
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet

Scope and Content

The author writes concerning the recipients plan to go to Compton Place and his intention to take the children to Portsmouth Dockyard. He asks whether she has had any other account of Uncle Lismore who has shown great strength and may still recover. He writes of visiting Lord Sheffield and a cruise with the children which caused him to be very sea sick. He also mention a woman [Sunmore?] possibly a servant. Written from Brighton. Signed "GHC".

Administrative / Biographical History

Cavendish, George Henry 1810 - 1880 [2nd son of William Cavendish (1783 - 1812); brother of the 7th Duke of Devonshire]