October 26
My dear Henry
I think that by this time you are probably again at Lacock as when Constance <1> wrote to her Brother <2> from Berne she said that you had left them for England via Paris – Possibly you may have heard that Matilda & Mr Clark <3> are coming to us the first week in November & it has occurred to me that we might perhaps tempt you to pay us a little visit whilst they are here – which would be a very great pleasure to us all. Can you and will you come to us on Friday or Saturday the 8th or 9th November & stay till the 12th when the Clarks are to leave us? – On the 11th we expect Lord & Lady Hylton, <4> and I know how glad Sophy would be to meet you. She seems to be as happy as possible with her new “Mate”! I am anxious to make his acquaintance, as I have never yet met him but Mr Mundy has known him a long time. – Your new Niece is extremely desirous to know you & Noel <5> Equally so to introduce his wife <6> so pray let us have a propitious answer if you possibly can! Mr Mundy desires kindest regards –
Your Affte Cousin
Harriot G Mundy
Notes:
1. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.
2. William Mundy (1801-1877), politician, WHFT’s brother-in-law.
3. Matilda Caroline Gilchrist-Clark, ‘Tilly’, née Talbot (1839–1927), WHFT’s 3rd daughter and John Gilchrist-Clark (1830–1881), Scottish JP; WHFT’s son-in-law.
4. William George Hylton Jolliffe (1800–1876), Conservative MP, created Baron Hylton, 1866, and his wife, Lady Sophia Penelope Jolliffe, née Sheffield (1822-1882); first m. WTHF Strangways, 21 July 1857; second m. 1st Baron Hylton.
5. Francis Noel Mundy (1833–1903), WHFT’s nephew.
6. Emily Maria Georgiana, née Cavendish (1845-1929), married Francis Noel Mundy in July 1864.