Letter from Lord Egremont, Petworth, to Mary Dawson-Damer, 1837 May 2 : autograph manuscript signed.

Concerning a letter from Lord Munster; saying "I did not answer your letter immediately intending to wait for a letter from Lord Munster who was in London, and I understood that his journey there was in some way connected with his present position towards the King. I have received a letter from him this morning but without any explanation beyond what I knew before. If I had been with him when he first received the account of his Sister's death, I should not have advised any letter to be written, but an immediate journey to Windsor to wait upon his Father. This ought to have been done immediately, but as the opportunity was lost, the next best thing to be done was a letter, which he wrote & sent me a copy which certainly was not the letter that I should have recommended. I have not seen the Kings answer and do not know the result or anything more relating to it. I shall be at Brighton in a few days and if you are still there, I hope you will allow me to wait upon you. For the present I shall only say that it was contrary to my wish & advice that he took the Peerage when he did, & I think that the King must be aware of this, if he has ever thought about it;" adding, in a postscript, "I thought that the House & every thing belonging to it was the property of Mrs. Fitzherbert, but I suppose the stables are some where at a distance & unconnected with the house."