B. Sq^e
th Thursday morn^g

Dear Talbot

I am afraid it may be owing to some mistake of mine that you have not been formally asked to be upon Methuen’s committee,^<1> I understand they hoped you would, & perhaps meant me to ask you, at all events let me ask you now, for all possible exertion is wanting, to go to Wilts without delay & assist. Henry ^<2> has been available for him ever since his own election –

I hope to hear better accounts of Feilding ^<3> from Richmond & trust the fresh air will tell at last –

Y^rs truly
Lansdowne

[envelope]
H F Talbot Esq
Marquis of Lansdowne
Richmond Hill
Surrey
If not there to be forwarded

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Notes:

1. Paul Methuen, Baron Methuen (1779–1849), MP.

2. Henry Fitzmaurice, Lord Shelburne, 4^th Marquess of Lansdowne (1816–1866), MP.

3. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father.