BIB_ID
459485
Accession number
MA 14909.64
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 22.4 x 18.6 cm
Notes
Written from Claremont.
"[T]he catastrophe that occurred in this house" refers to the November 1817 death of Princess Charlotte, the only legitimate child of the Prince of Wales (later George IV). The "change in my own situation" and "separation" refers to Edward ending his long-time relationship with Madame de St. Laurent and marrying Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in May 1818.
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
"[T]he catastrophe that occurred in this house" refers to the November 1817 death of Princess Charlotte, the only legitimate child of the Prince of Wales (later George IV). The "change in my own situation" and "separation" refers to Edward ending his long-time relationship with Madame de St. Laurent and marrying Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in May 1818.
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of letter of June 16 on July 14; noting that Wentworth himself signs but otherwise now dictates his letters due to infirmity; remarking on the unusual warmth of the season across Europe, comparing the current summer in England to an Italian one, and hoping such weather extended to Nova Scotia; informing him that he may return to the Continent; referring to his "claims and losses" and "severe sacrifices" he has made the past three years and looking forward to "settling in independence and comfort, for the rest of my life"; referring to "the catastrophe that occurred in this house in November last" and the consequent "change in my own situation, one which I hope carries with it, the promise of much future happiness and comfort"; mentioning the "separation from my old and faithful companion of twenty eight years"; referring to "her comfortable and respectable independence for life".
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