Bradford
21 December 1831
Mr Saunders presents his Compliments to Captain and Lady Feilding <1> and Mr Talbot and begs to return his best Thanks for their kind Invitation to dine on Monday next which Mr Saunders is invariably obliged to decline owing to a previous Engagement
H. F. Talbot Esqr
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Notes:
1. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father, and Lady Elisabeth Theresa Feilding, née Fox Strangways, first m Talbot (1773–1846), WHFT’s mother.