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- 1844-1876. (Creation)
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1 folder (66 items)
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Letters to Emily Charlotte Ormsby-Gore (née Seymour), second Lady Harlech, 1844-1876, from her husband, William Richard Ormsby-Gore, and children, 1853-1874, other relatives and friends, including Lady Clinton, [1844], Mary Jane Ormsby-Gore [c. 1869], the Duchess of Grafton, 1860, Lady Georgiana de Ros, [1860], her father, Sir George Francis Seymour, 1857-1869, her cousin, Lady Spencer, 1857-1870, and other members of the Seymour family, 1850-1876. Particular topics are: her husband 's experiences in the Crimean War, 1853-1854; charitable works, estate business and court duties in Ireland; elections in Shropshire and Roscommon, 1859; the Franco-Prussian War, 1870; Sir George F. Seymour 's involvement with the 68th regiment and recollections of the Walcheren expedition in 1809; the marriage of Laura Wilhelmina Seymour to Prince Victor Gleichen, 1860; and events in Canada during the American Civil War, 1862. The file also includes a single family letter to her daughter, Mary.
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A number of letters are overwritten at ninety degrees to the main text, reducing legibility.
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Enclosures comprise a sale poster and sketch from W. R. Ormsby-Gore, 1864, 1870, and a lock of hair from Sir George F. Seymour, 1870.
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Preferred citation: PEC6/9.
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- Administration of estates -- Ireland.
- Crimean War, 1853-1856 -- Personal narratives, British.
- Elections -- England -- Shropshire.
- Elections -- Ireland -- Roscommon.
- Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871.
- Walcheren Expedition, 1809 -- Personal narratives, British.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Canada -- History -- 1841-1867.
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- Ormsby-Gore, Emily Charlotte, Lady Harlech, 1823 or 4-1892 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Clinton, Frances Selina Isabella, Lady, d. 1875 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Grafton, Mary Caroline, Duchess, 1795-1873 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- De Ros, Georgiana, Lady, 1795-1891 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Seymour, George Francis, Sir, 1787-1870 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Ormsby-Gore, Emily Charlotte, Lady Harlech, 1823 or 4-1892 (Subject)
- Clinton, Frances Selina Isabella, Lady, d. 1875. (Subject)
- Grafton, Mary Caroline, Duchess, 1795-1873. (Subject)
- De Ros, Georgiana, Lady, 1795-1891. (Subject)
- Seymour, George Francis, Sir, 1787-1870. (Subject)