[The wrapper for this letter is in a private collection:]
H. Talbot Esqr
31. Sackville St
London
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Dear Henry,
I received your letter last night and am very glad to hear that you are in England and that we shall see you. I am going tomorrow to Moreton, <1> where Sir Chs, Mary, Isabella, & Emma are, <2> and I return here on Saturday, the most of next week I shall also be absent, but certainly here on the 24th which is Friday in the next week; I shall be very glad to see you on Saturday night, if you like to come & arrange any further visits here, for the 2 or three days I shall be at Abbotsbury or Redlynch, <3> (which, I have not settled). But on the 24th I shall be stationary for some time, & very happy to have you here. William, Lady I. & Mrs Campbell <4> are at Abby. I suppose you know Jane <5> is in Town in Montague St. I thought it best to give you a general outline of the family stations, that you may suit yourself according to your taste. I hope Sir C & Mary will be here at Xmas.
Yr affect
Ilchester
Notes:
1. Moreton, Dorset: home of the Frampton family.
2. Sir Charles Lemon (1784–1868), politician & scientist; WHFT’s uncle; Mary Thereza Talbot (1795–1861), WHFT’s cousin; Isabella Catherine Franklen, née Talbot (1804–1874); Emma Thomasina Llewelyn, née Talbot (1806–1881), photographer; WHFT’s Welsh cousin.
3. Abbotsbury, Dorset: home of William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways, and Redlynch, Somerset, seat of the Earls of Ilchester (Barons of Redlynch).
4. William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (1795–1865), botanist, art collector & diplomat; Juliana Maria Strangways, née Digby (d. 1842); Alicia Campbell, née Kelly, ‘Tam’ (1768–1829).
5. Jane Harriot Nicholl, née Talbot (1796–1874)