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Reference Number705:104 BA15492/126/24-26
Hierarchy Browser Number4294/6/9/16/3/12
TitleLetter to William Henry Lyttelton from George Lyttelton
DescriptionLetter to 'my dear Governour ' [from George Lyttelton] relating mainly to war and politics.

Mentions attempt upon Rochefort. This may be the British attempt to capture the French port of Rochefort in 1757 during the Seven Years' War.

Also mentions an 'affair' between William and a lady named Durnford. It appears from Maud Wyndham's Chronicles of the Eighteenth Century vol 2 that William Henry Lyttelton had a son by Mrs Durnford named William Augustus Merrick who became a Captain in the Navy.

former ref 32/65/21
Date28 Jan 1758
FormatManuscript
Categorycorrespondence
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