| Description | Written from Plymouth.
Reply to his letter of the 26th on the Marchioness of Westmeath: complaint against the conduct of the Earl of Eldon, out of office as much as in it: hope of her not going to Ireland and seeingno objection to visiting her friend Lady Stewart in Paris, as long as the Duchess knows: promise to do what he can for him with his friend, the Marquis of Angelsey, as regards a pension in the Irish Establishment: arrangement to meet him at the club at Hampton Court on 3 August to settle time to call on him the next day to apply to the Lord Lieutnenant, with enquiries on the pensions to be made in the meantime: being well and taking care of himself, taking great great satisfaction as long as he can be of use to King and Country: not deserving what had lately happened to him: his approval of Marchioness staying with friends at Dieppe.
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[Emily Anne Bennet Elizabeth Cecil, 2nd daughter of James, Marquess of Salisbury became the Marchioness of Wesmeath upon marrying the Marquess. The couple separated and later became involved in a bitter legal dispute over the restitution of conjugal rights, with Lord Eldon heavily involved in the case. She would later be a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Adelaide, William's wife.
John Scott (1751-1838), 1st Earl of Eldon, lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor, 1801-1827.
Henry William Paget, Earl of Uxbridge and 1st Marquis of Anglesey (1768-1854), soldier and politician, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in March 1828.] |