Letter from Fanny Cavendish to Blanche Cavendish (née Howard) later Countess of Burlington

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

  • Reference
    • GB 2495 CS1/1133.4
  • Dates of Creation
    • n.d. [1830]
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet

Scope and Content

The author writes concerning her thoughts about her dalliance with William Howard and that she feels they would not have made each other happy spouses in the long term. She ends by writing that she is not worth any further thought from any of the family. Signed "F Cavendish".

Administrative / Biographical History

Cavendish, Fanny 1809 - 1885 [only daughter of William Cavendish (1783 - 1812); m.(1837) Frederick John Howard, grandson of 5th Earl of Carlisle]

Related Material

See CS1/758.237 for the letter between Blanche Cavendish and her mother concerning the love affair between Fanny and William.