Corsham House <1>
Janry 10 1830
My Dear Sir
I shall have great pleasure in meeting you at Inwood <2> tomorrow – I suppose about eleven o clock – I am sorry it will not be in my power to dine with you
I have many apologies to make for not having called at Lacock but the weather really has been so untoward that I have only ventured out on very quick walks or I should have proponed a day here to Capn Feilding <3> and you before this. I hope tomorrow to fix you for one. With best compliments to Lady Elizabeth <4> to whom particularly I beg to make my excuses for my want of attention on not having called
Beleive [sic] me vy truly yrs
Paul Methuen
Excuse haste
Notes:
1. Corsham Court, Wiltshire, 3 mi NW of Lacock: seat of Ld Methuen.
2. Inwood, near Lacock, Wiltshire.
3. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father.
4. Misspelling for Lady Elisabeth Theresa Feilding, née Fox Strangways, first m Talbot (1773–1846), WHFT’s mother.