CARNARVON (Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 1831-1890, from 1849 4th Earl, Statesman, Colonial Secretary and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland)

Fine Autograph letter signed to an unnamed correspondent, annotated as J. R. Williams telling him that “Mr Corbett has had a relapse & I fear a very bad one. I have written to Mr Forster asking him to communicate the news to his mother as he knows the family but I sent you one line as you are so much her friend. I only heard this morning. Everything is being done that is possible but I fear his state is critical. My address is this till Friday morning - till Saturday morning 9 Circus Bath - Saty afternoon Highclere...”, 2 sides 8vo., Melbury, Dorchester, 26th November

Melbury House has been the seat of the Strangways family of Dorset since the estate was acquired in 1500. The house passed to the Fox family from the Strangways heiress Elizabeth Horner, daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Horner (1688–1741), MP, of Mells Manor in Somerset. In accordance with the terms of his wife's inheritance from her childless brother in 1726, Thomas Horner adopted for himself and his descendants the surname and arms of Strangways. In 1735, at the age of 13, Elizabeth Horner married 31 year-old Stephen Fox (1704–1776), eldest surviving son of Sir Stephen Fox (1627–1716), the first Paymaster of the Forces, deemed the "richest commoner in the three kingdoms".
Highclere Castle is a Grade I listed country house built in 1679 and largely renovated in the 1840s, with a park designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century. The 19th-century renovation is in a Jacobethan and Italianate style produced by architect Charles Barry. It is the country seat of the Earls of Carnarvon.

Item Date:  1873

Stock No:  42495      £175

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