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Title

Four manuscript letters relating to the legal and financial affairs of Count and Lady Harriet D'Orsay, 1832.

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Additional Authors

• Donoughmore, John Hely Hutchinson, Earl of, 1787-1851.
• Farrer, Thomas, 1787-1833.
• Norman, Luke.

Found In

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

4 items

Summary

• · From J. H. Hutchinson to Thomas Farrer : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Apr 1832 : (BLES2.157b) : from Palmerston House : begins, "On the part of Lady Harriet Dorsay I am requested to ask your opinion on the following points. Count Dorsay has suggested that an application should be made to the Irish chancellor, in his name and that of his wife, for an allowance ..."
• · From Thomas Farrer to J. H. Hutchinson : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Apr 1832 : (BLES 2.159) : from Hambleden, Henley on Thames : begins, "Your letter of the 12th reached me only yesterday. I very much regret that the state of my health has prevented me from giving that speedy attention to Lady Harriet D'Orsay's arrangements ..."
• · From Thomas Farrer to Luke Norman : 1 letter (scribal copy) : 9 May 1832 : (BLES 2.158) : from No. 1 Brunswick Square, Brighton : begins, "I am much obliged by your letters of the 1st and 2nd instant, which should have been sooner answered, but that I am obliged by the state of my health to reside at present at Brighton ..."
• · From Thomas Farrer to Luke Norman : 1 autograph letter signed : 21 May 1832 : (BLES 2.160) : from No. 1 Brunswick Square, Brighton : begins, "I am much obliged by your letter of the 14th instant. I should not have hesitated, had the draft answer been ready, at sending it to you open, and should have indeed requested your perusal of it ..."

Subjects

• Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, comte d', 1801-1852
• Separation (Law) > Ireland > 19th century
• Orsay, Harriet Anne Frances Gardiner, comtesse d', 1812-1869

Note

• Count D'Orsay was married to Lady Harriet Gardiner in 1827. Their marriage was unhappy, and they became estranged in 1831 when Lady Harriet returned to her relatives in Ireland. This correspondence relates to proposals for legally dividing thier financial assets (see A.P.W. Malcomson's Pursuit of the heiress, new ed., p. 178-185).

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• John Hely Hutchinson (later Earl of Donoughmore) was a whig MP for co. Tipperary, and Lady Harriet D'Orsay's paternal uncle. -- Thomas Farrer, of Lincoln's Inn Fileds, was a solicitor. -- Luke Norman, Esq., of Dublin, was a solicitor; he was named as one of the executors of Lord Blessington's will.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

656001688

Title

Four manuscript letters relating to the legal and financial affairs of Count and Lady Harriet D'Orsay, 1832.

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

John Hely Hutchinson (later Earl of Donoughmore) was a whig MP for co. Tipperary, and Lady Harriet D'Orsay's paternal uncle. -- Thomas Farrer, of Lincoln's Inn Fileds, was a solicitor. -- Luke Norman, Esq., of Dublin, was a solicitor; he was named as one of the executors of Lord Blessington's will.

Local Note

Letters mounted in volume 2 of the Blessington Papers, preceded by a manuscript note in an unknown hand describing the correspondence. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.

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Added Author

Donoughmore, John Hely Hutchinson, Earl of, 1787-1851.

Farrer, Thomas, 1787-1833. Addressee

Norman, Luke.

Found In:

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research Call Number

Pforz MS