Lady Morgan’s Memoirs
Henry Vassall Webster to Lady Morgan, 11 September 1825
Park, Ampthill,
September 11, 1825.
My dear Lady Morgan,
It is an age since I have heard of you, and I really was
in hopes when you arrived safe and sound on the other side of the water, that
you would have sent me some news of you and yours.
Colonel and Mrs. Dawson are on their way to Buxton to visit Mrs. Fitzherbert, who would not be present at
the marriage, but sent her a thousand guineas; the morning after the event,
Miss Seymour received a packet from the King, enclosing a charming letter, begging her to
be kind to her best friend, Mrs. Fitzherbert, and
enclosing a draft for two thousand pounds; after Buxton they go to the
Continent. I fear that Uxbridge and his
wife will be separated—his
temper is too violent, and she does too little to please him; they say that
Uxbridge intends to keep the pretty little children,
of which he will be heartily tired in six weeks.
I shall hope to hear of you, if you send your letter to
Castle it will be forwarded to me; let me know what is going on among you all.
I hope you are in your own house again, and that it is done to your
satisfaction.
Adieu, pray make my remembrances acceptable to Sir Charles, and believe me
Very sincerely yours,
George Lionel Dawson-Damer (1788-1856)
The son of John Dawson, first earl of Portarlington; he fought at Waterloo and was MP for
Portarlington and Dorchester.
Maria Anne Fitzherbert [née Smythe] (1756-1837)
The consort of the Prince of Wales whom she married in 1785 as her third husband; the
marriage was regarded as illegitimate since she was a Catholic.
Sir Thomas Charles Morgan (1780-1843)
English physician and philosophical essayist who married the novelist Sydney Owenson in
1812; he was the author of
Sketches of the Philosophy of Morals
(1822). He corresponded with Cyrus Redding.
Lady Eleanora Paget [née Campbell] (1799 c.-1828)
The daughter of John Campbell of Shawfield and Islay; in 1819 she married Sir Henry
Paget, afterwards second marquess of Anglesey.
Henry Vassall Webster (1793-1847)
The second son of Godfrey Webster and Elizabeth Vassall (afterwards Lady Holland); a
military officer, he was aide-de-camp to the Prince of Orange at Waterloo. He died a
suicide.
