Letter from Katherine Cavendish (née Hoskins), Duchess of Devonshire to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

  • Reference
    • GB 2495 CS4/201
  • Former Reference
    • GB 2495 CS1/344.8
  • Dates of Creation
    • 15 April [1756]
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet

Scope and Content

Concerns: her hope that his administration and affairs in Ireland will soon be over and she will see him; her desire not to live at Chatsworth but to take a house for the summer nearby so as to see him when Chatsworth is quieter; her resolve to rent Mr Seward's parsonage in Eyam; the death of Sir William Lowther of scarlet fever and his treatment by Shaw and Heberden; family news. Signed: "K Devonshire".

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