MARY ADELAIDE (Duchess of Teck, 1833-1897, Queen Mary's Mother)

Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Jeune, (Mary Elizabeth, 1849-1931, née Stewart-Mackenzie, wife, 1881, of Judge Francis Henry Jeune, 1843-1905, knighted 1891, 1st Baron St. Helier, 1905), saying "Gladly would I have acceded to your request but ... that very afternoon I am due at Lady Wolverton's to help arrange the stalls and make the final arrangements for a Fête I am organising at Coombe for which Lady Wolverton most kindly lends her charming house and grounds ... more particularly ... to enable us to board out all through the summer and autumn, a succession of very poor worn South London seamstresses &c. for whom the inestimable boon of at least a fortnight's rest, country air and food is, thus secured", and wondering if "you and your kind sister might come down one of the days ?" and perhaps "send me a contribution of flowers for my flower stall ... Very sincerely yours", 4 sides 8vo, White Lodge, Richmond Park, 31st May

Mary Adelaide was much helped by the future Queen Mary in sorting the streams of clothes and other gifts that arrived at Richmond Lodge for her mother's bazaars.
Mary Jeune liberalized London society by bringing previously disparate elements together in literature and politics at her weekly dinners and was confided in at the highest levels.

Item Date:  1890

Stock No:  56708      £225

             Add to Wish List     Order/Enquire