HAM/1/5/4/12
Note from George Greville, Earl of Warwick, to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
Dr Mrs Dickenson
I am very sorry that I --
could not have the pleasure
of waiting on you and Mr D——
yesterday Evening; believe me
no Syren Songs were neceʃsary
to induce me to much wish
it had been in my power to
accept of your obliging invitation
the truth is I was obliged to
remain at home having a
Swelled face & if I had venturd
to have shewn it at all
it must have been in the H.
of Lords whither my bounden
Duty directed me to be.
I am truly concerned
to hear that Mrs. Holman
is not eʃsentially recovering
& that the worst may be
Expected your kind attention
must be highly gratifying
to my Uncle. I feel quite
inclined to do all I poʃsibly
can to relieve his Anxiety
& distreʃs but I have not
the power to be of the least
Service I fear.
Believe me always
Dr Mrs Dickenson
Yours sincerely &c
Warwick
P.S. I am desired by Ly W
to say that she was so
completely tired as to be
unfit to go out & was
obliged to Nurse herself
for the future calls of Duty
which indeed seem by no
means light --
My Son is at Thorncliff
with his miserable reduced
Regt. -- The French fotilla
is out he saw 22 Sail
& as he prefers staying in
England to going to Ireland
where he is destined to be
as soon as ye Regt. is fit
for Service he hopes to see
some more -- Certain it is
the Signal was made sent &
Expreʃs sent to Admiral
in the Downs to be on ye
Alert. --
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Normalised Text
Dear Mrs Dickenson
I am very sorry that I --
could not have the pleasure
of waiting on you and Mr Dickenson
yesterday Evening; believe me
no Syren Songs were necessary
to induce me to much wish
it had been in my power to
accept of your obliging invitation
the truth is I was obliged to
remain at home having a
Swelled face & if I had ventured
to have shown it at all
it must have been in the House
of Lords whither my bounden
Duty directed me to be.
I am truly concerned
to hear that Mrs. Holman
is not essentially recovering
& that the worst may be
Expected your kind attention
must be highly gratifying
to my Uncle. I feel quite
inclined to do all I possibly
can to relieve his Anxiety
& distress but I have not
the power to be of the least
Service I fear.
Believe me always
Dear Mrs Dickenson
Yours sincerely &c
Warwick
P.S. I am desired by Lady Warwick
to say that she was so
completely tired as to be
unfit to go out & was
obliged to Nurse herself
for the future calls of Duty
which indeed seem by no
means light --
My Son is at Thorncliff
with his miserable reduced
Regiment -- The French flotilla
is out he saw 22 Sail
& as he prefers staying in
England to going to Ireland
where he is destined to be
as soon as the Regiment is fit
for Service he hopes to see
some more -- Certain it is
the Signal was made sent &
Express sent to Admiral
in the Downs to be on the
Alert. --
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Note from George Greville, Earl of Warwick, to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/5/4/12
Correspondence Details
Sender: George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 24 May 1810
Letter Description
Summary: Note from the Earl of Warwick to Mary Hamilton. The note relates to Warwick's being unable to wait on Dickenson and the health of Mrs Holman (see HAM/1/4/3).
Length: 1 sheet, 276 words
Transliteration Information
Editorial declaration: First edited in the project 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers' (Hannah Barker, Sophie Coulombeau, David Denison, Tino Oudesluijs, Cassandra Ulph, Christine Wallis & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2019-2023).
All quotation marks are retained in the text and are represented by appropriate Unicode characters. Words split across two lines may have a hyphen on the first, the second or both fragments (reco-|ver, imperfect|-ly, satisfacti-|-on); or a double hyphen (pur=|port, dan|=ger, qua=|=litys); or none (respect|ing). Any point in abbreviations with superscripted letter(s) is placed last, regardless of relative left-right orientation in the original. Thus, Mrs. or Mrs may occur, but M.rs or Mr.s do not.
Acknowledgements: Transcription and XML version created as part of project 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers', funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council under grant AH/S007121/1.
Transliterator: Cassandra Ulph, editorial team (completed 5 August 2020)
Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library
Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library
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Revision date: 2 November 2021