Concerns the possible purchase of Duke of Queensberry's estate and Mr Arundell and Mr Collins assistance with this; the death of Walsingham Boyle; her purchase of the Fairfaxes' house [No.1 Savile Row] as "it would be a pretty thing for one of the younger ones" [it did indeed become the house of her grandsons Richard and later George, years after her death]; fixtures in the Fairfaxes' house she may bid for; the 4th Duke's bad eyes; seeing the 4th Duke's siblings and the Duchess of Devonshire; Lady Rachel taking Mr Seward's parsonage house at Eyam. Written from Chiswick. Signed: "DB".
Letter from Dorothy Boyle (née Savile) Countess of Burlington to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS4/181
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS1/164.36
- Dates of Creation
- 8 April 1756
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 1 sheet
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