Letters from Elizabeth, Lady Lowther (née Cavendish) to Lord James Cavendish

These childhood letters from Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (fourth child of the 2nd Duke of Devonshire) to her brother James Cavendish are written during his European travels and concern: sending Harry Potter to meet their brother Charles at Paris; her disappointment at being without the company of her brothers; the death of the Earl of Stanhope who she writes had the best character of any of the ministry, had not enriched himself and was against the South Sea [Company]; the death of Lord Townsend, the Duchess of Manchester and Miss Betty Noel who the London Journal reported died of a broken heart by a certain knight (possibly Sir Mellam Stapleton); fine operas where she stays but masquerades having been petitioned against by the bishops; her frustration at not being able to join her brother on his travels on account of her being a woman; a message to her brother Charles to write to her; Mr Walpole's travels; the birth of the Prince which comes at a good time to renew loyalty to the crown when frustration is high concerning the King and the South Sea [Company]; the rifeness of smallpox which has killed Lord Irwin and Lady Hon's youngest son; a letter from Charles with an account of Paris.

Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (27 September 1700 – 7 November 1747) married Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Baronet of Marske
Lord James Cavendish (23 November 1701 – 14 December 1741)