Description | With one dated 1850 and a few undated items.
Most of the items in this series are letters from the Marchioness of Rockingham, the 4th Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam, and the 5th Earl Fitzwilliam and his family. They were returned to Earl Fitzwilliam after Sir Charles' death. There is an account in one of Lady Rockingham's letters, 28th September 1784 (WWM Gov 13) of the election of Charles James Fox for the City of Westminster. There are also letters about the Governorship of Nova Scotia, in 1792. |