[314]See vol. i.[315]Joaquin Miller.[316]See vol. i.[317]Sir John Shaw Lefevre died at Margate.[318]My cousin, Lady Elizabeth Adeane,néeYorke, had married Michael Biddulph, Esq., of Ledbury.[319]See vol. iii.[320]Constance-Gertrude, youngest daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland.[321]Maria, youngest daughter of Hon. Charles Tollemache, second wife (1833) of Charles Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury.[322]Ada Maria Katherine, daughter of Hon. Frederick Tollemache, married (1868) Charles Hanbury Tracy, Baron Sudeley.[323]Ham House has been greatly, perhaps too much restored since this, by the 8th Earl of Dysart.[324]Feb. 17, 1671-2.[325]Afterwards Dean of Winchester.[326]Two thousand pounds and its interests for many years have (1900) never been repaid.[327]Archbishop Trench.[328]From “Southern Italy.”[329]From “Southern Italy.”[330]From “Southern Italy.”[331]From “Southern Italy.”[332]From “Southern Italy.”[333]From “Southern Italy.”[334]From “Southern Italy.”[335]From “Southern Italy.”[336]From “Southern Italy.”[337]From “Southern Italy.”[338]This story was told to me by Susan, Lady Sherborne, who heard it from Lord Clanwilliam.[339]From “Southern Italy.”[340]From “Southern Italy.”[341]From “Southern Italy.”[342]From “Southern Italy.”[343]Eleanor Paul, who had lived with my sister, and who afterwards lived with her brother, George Paul.[344]Frank Miles died July 1891.[345]Marquis de Sade.[346]Afterwards Lady Rumbold.[347]Rev. Joseph Wolff, missionary to Palestine, died 1862.[348]Doña Emilia de Guyangos. See vol. iv.[349]Mrs. Thellusson died January 23, 1881, leaving a most loving memory behind. Swinburne wrote a pretty poem on her death.[350]Afterwards married to Robert-George, Lord Windsor.[351]See vol. ii.[352]Dr. Grey died, aged 77, January 1888.[353]Isabella Henrietta Poyntz, 8th Countess of Cork.[354]“No wonder, Mary, that thy storyTouches all hearts—for there we seeThe soul’s corruption, and its glory,Its death and life combin’d in thee.. . . . . . . .No wonder, Mary, that thy face,In all its touching light of tears,Should meet us in each holy place,When man before his God appears,Hopeless—were he not taught to seeAll hope in Him who pardoned thee.”[355]Yet, M. Vivier told Madame du Quaire that, when he first went to see Mrs. Grote, he found her sitting high aloft in a tree, dressed in a coachman’s brown greatcoat with capes, playing on the violoncello.[356]Mr. Grote was ever imperturbably placid. When Jenny Lind was asked what she thought of Mr. Grote, she said he was “like a fine old bust in a corner which one longed to dust.” Mrs. Grote dusted him.[357]This was my last sight of Lady Ruthven, who died April 5, 1885, aged 96.[358]“Pensées Philosophiques,” 1747.[359]Since republished in “Biographical Sketches.”[360]The Stanleys’ dear old nurse.[361]From “Biographical Sketches.”[362]Lord Romilly perished in his burning house in Egerton Gardens, London, in May 1891, having never recovered the death of his most sweet wife several years before.[363]Hon. W. Owen Stanley, brother of the 2nd Lord Stanley of Alderley, and of my aunt Mrs. Marcus Hare.[364]Mary Louisa, daughter of Henry, 5th Duke of Grafton.[365]Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, Baron Penrhyn, who had succeeded to Penrhyn Castle in right of his first wife, Miss Dawkins Pennant.[366]Her grandmother, Lady Ravensworth, was my grandmother’s only sister.[367]From “Southern Italy.”[368]From “Southern Italy.”[369]From “Southern Italy.”[370]Olympia, Countess von Usedom, eldest daughter of Sir John Malcolm. See vols. i. and iii.[371]This Patriarch died of the influenza in 1892.[372]From “Venice.”[373]Dr. Walter Smith on Robertson of Irvine.[374]Philip-Henry, 4th Earl Stanhope, died 1855.[375]Dr. Buckland afterwards told Lady Lyndhurst that there was one thing even worse than a mole, and that was a blue-bottle fly.[376]From “Walks in London.”[377]From “Holland.”[378]From “Holland.”[379]The results of this tour appeared in the first part of my little volume, “Sketches in Holland and Scandinavia.”[380]Second daughter of the 1st Duke of Sutherland, born 1797; she wrote to me several times after this, and showed me great kindness, but we never met again. She died November 11, 1891.[381]Lowell.[382]Gray’s “Enigmas of Life.”[383]John Gidman, her most unworthy husband, the cloud and scourge and sorrow of her life. He had (fortunately for me) kept away during her illness, and did not wish to have anything to do with her funeral, or even to attend it. Immediately after, he removed all her possessions to Cheshire, and soon married again, dying six years after.[384]Madame de Staël.[385]Princess Elizabeth of Wied; translated by Sir Edwin Arnold.[386]Thomasine Jocelyn, widow of the 4th Earl of Donoughmore.[387]From “Studies in Russia.”[388]From “Studies in Russia.”[389]From “Studies in Russia.”[390]From “Studies in Russia.”[391]From “Studies in Russia.”[392]From “Studies in Russia.”[393]From “Studies in Russia.”[394]I published some articles on Mrs. Duncan Stewart and her remarkable life inGood Wordsfor 1892. They have been republished in “Biographical Sketches.”[395]From “North-Eastern France.”[396]From “North-Eastern France.”[397]From “North-Eastern France.”[398]The third boy, Henry Wood, died in London, June 6, 1886. The second son, Francis, died at Eton, March 17, 1889. The beloved eldest son, Charlie, died at Hickledon, September 1890.[399]My second-cousin, Lady Elizabeth Williamson, daughter of the 1st Earl of Ravensworth.[400]Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, widow of Philip, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke[.] Her eldest daughter, Lady Mexborough, was the mother of Lady Sarah Savile, who married Hon. Sir James Lindsay.[401]Frances-Anne, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Vane Tempest, who (1819) became the second wife of the 3rd Marquis of Londonderry.[402]From “Walks in London.”[403]From “South-Western France.”[404]From “South-Western France.”[405]From “South-Western France.”[406]From “South-Western France.”[407]From “South-Western France.”[408]From “South-Western France.”[409]From “South-Western France.”[410]William Schomberg, 8th Marquis of Lothian, died 1870, aged 38.[411]From “Sussex.”[412]Very soon after I was at Ludlow, gentle Lady Mary Clive lost all her powers by a paralytic seizure, and she died in the summer of 1889[413]William Reginald Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon.[414]Clough.[415]W. H. Smith, 1844.[416]Dante,Purg.III.[417]“Le Lys dans la Vallée.”[418]Ben Jonson.[419]Monckton Milnes.[420]From “Sussex.”[421]This was my last visit to the kind and excellent Lotteringo della Stufa, who died at Castagnolo, Feb. 26, 1889, after a long and painful illness.[422]From “Days near Rome.”[423]From “Days near Rome.”[424]From “Days near Rome.”[425]From “Central Italy.”[426]From “Central Italy.”[427]From “South-Eastern France.”[428]From “North-Eastern France.”[429]Lady Gage died a few months after, and left Hengrave to Lord Kenmare, who sold it.[430]Ockwells was afterwards bought by my friend Stephen Leech, who restored it thoroughly and then sold it again.[431]Frances Mary, daughter of Christopher Blackett of Wylam, widow of the Vicomte du Quaire.[432]Emma, sister of Sir Francis Seymour.[433]Margaret, daughter of T. Steuart Gladstone, Esq., of Capenoch.[434]Anne, daughter of the Earl of Wemyss and March, wife of the 4th Earl of Warwick.[435]Edward Heneage Dering was the author of several books. His last, a novel—“The Ban of Maplethorpe”—was only completed the day before his sudden death in November 1892. His grandmother, Lady Maria Harrington Price, and my grandmother. Lady Paul, were first cousins.[436]From “South-Eastern France.”[437]From “South-Eastern France.”[438]From “South-Eastern France.”[439]From “South-Eastern France.”[440]From “South-Eastern France.”[441]From “South-Eastern France.”[442]From “South-Eastern France.”[443]From “South-Eastern France.”[444]From “South-Eastern France.”[445]From “South-Eastern France.”[446]From “South-Eastern France.”[447]From “South-Eastern France.”[448]From “Sussex.”[449]He had been sub-editor of theTimes.[450]From “Walks in London.”[451]Prince Abu’n Nasr Mir Hissanum, Sultanah of Persia; Devawongse Varspraker of Siam; and Komatsu of Japan.[452]Princess “Liliuokalani.” Queen Liliuokalani was deposed January 1893, after a reign of only two years.[453]Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham.[454]Fourth daughter of the 3rd Marquis of Exeter, afterwards Lady Barnard.[455]Lady Alma Graham, youngest daughter of the 4th Duke of Montrose.[456]I never saw Mrs. Procter again; she died March 5, 1888. She liked to see people to the last. Every Sunday and Tuesday she admitted all who came to her as long as she could; then she saw a portion: up to the last few weeks she saw one or two. As Landor says, “She warmed both hands before the fire of life, and when it sank she was ready to depart.”One day a young man remonstrated with Mrs. Procter for not going to see an exhibition of Sir Joshuas which was open at that time. “I have seen them all,” she said. “Why, Mrs. Procter, there has never been such an exhibition before.”—“I beg your pardon; there has been.”—“Why, when?”—“In 1808, and—where were you then?”Mrs. Procter used to tell how she had been at the jubilee of George III., and would add that if she could see the jubilee of Queen Victoria she would say her “Nunc Dimittis;” and she did see it, and the Queen expressed a wish that Mrs. Procter, who was invited to her garden-party, should be especially presented to her.Mrs. Procter—Anne Benson Procter—was born Sept. 11, 1799, being the daughter of Mr. Skepper, a small Yorkshire squire. Her mother, a Benson, who was aunt of the Archbishop of Canterbury of that name, married, as her second husband, Basil Montagu, Q.C. In 1823, Miss Skepper married Bryan Waller Procter, known as Barry Cornwall, described by Patmore as a “simple, sincere, shy, and delicate soul,” well known to his contemporaries by his songs set to music by popular composers. He died in 1874.[457]NéeJanet Duff Gordon.[458]Second daughter of the 1st Earl of Kilmorey, aged 95.[459]Henry Cowper, than whom no one was a more universal favourite, or more deservedly so, died a few months after this.[460]Afterwards Lady Swansea.[461]Third son of the 4th Earl of Aberdeen, married Ellen, 2nd daughter of the 19th Earl of Morton.[462]Lady Gertrude Talbot, daughter of the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury.[463]Esquire being written as well as Reverend, is supposed to have been intended to indicate the son of a baronet.[464]In 1890 Mr. Pigott died, and the new Rector destroyed the character of Bemerton by adding largely to the rectory in red brick.[465]The Earl of Caledon’s place in Hertfordshire.[466]The 16th Earl, father of the Princesses Doria and Borghese.[467]Browning.[468]From “North-Western France.”[469]Sir John Saville’s.[470]Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland, who died August 21, 1891.[471]Afterwards Duchess of Portland.[472]Louisa, daughter of Henry Drummond, Esq., died 1890.[473]Algernon-George, 6th Duke of Northumberland.
[314]See vol. i.
[314]See vol. i.
[315]Joaquin Miller.
[315]Joaquin Miller.
[316]See vol. i.
[316]See vol. i.
[317]Sir John Shaw Lefevre died at Margate.
[317]Sir John Shaw Lefevre died at Margate.
[318]My cousin, Lady Elizabeth Adeane,néeYorke, had married Michael Biddulph, Esq., of Ledbury.
[318]My cousin, Lady Elizabeth Adeane,néeYorke, had married Michael Biddulph, Esq., of Ledbury.
[319]See vol. iii.
[319]See vol. iii.
[320]Constance-Gertrude, youngest daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland.
[320]Constance-Gertrude, youngest daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland.
[321]Maria, youngest daughter of Hon. Charles Tollemache, second wife (1833) of Charles Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury.
[321]Maria, youngest daughter of Hon. Charles Tollemache, second wife (1833) of Charles Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury.
[322]Ada Maria Katherine, daughter of Hon. Frederick Tollemache, married (1868) Charles Hanbury Tracy, Baron Sudeley.
[322]Ada Maria Katherine, daughter of Hon. Frederick Tollemache, married (1868) Charles Hanbury Tracy, Baron Sudeley.
[323]Ham House has been greatly, perhaps too much restored since this, by the 8th Earl of Dysart.
[323]Ham House has been greatly, perhaps too much restored since this, by the 8th Earl of Dysart.
[324]Feb. 17, 1671-2.
[324]Feb. 17, 1671-2.
[325]Afterwards Dean of Winchester.
[325]Afterwards Dean of Winchester.
[326]Two thousand pounds and its interests for many years have (1900) never been repaid.
[326]Two thousand pounds and its interests for many years have (1900) never been repaid.
[327]Archbishop Trench.
[327]Archbishop Trench.
[328]From “Southern Italy.”
[328]From “Southern Italy.”
[329]From “Southern Italy.”
[329]From “Southern Italy.”
[330]From “Southern Italy.”
[330]From “Southern Italy.”
[331]From “Southern Italy.”
[331]From “Southern Italy.”
[332]From “Southern Italy.”
[332]From “Southern Italy.”
[333]From “Southern Italy.”
[333]From “Southern Italy.”
[334]From “Southern Italy.”
[334]From “Southern Italy.”
[335]From “Southern Italy.”
[335]From “Southern Italy.”
[336]From “Southern Italy.”
[336]From “Southern Italy.”
[337]From “Southern Italy.”
[337]From “Southern Italy.”
[338]This story was told to me by Susan, Lady Sherborne, who heard it from Lord Clanwilliam.
[338]This story was told to me by Susan, Lady Sherborne, who heard it from Lord Clanwilliam.
[339]From “Southern Italy.”
[339]From “Southern Italy.”
[340]From “Southern Italy.”
[340]From “Southern Italy.”
[341]From “Southern Italy.”
[341]From “Southern Italy.”
[342]From “Southern Italy.”
[342]From “Southern Italy.”
[343]Eleanor Paul, who had lived with my sister, and who afterwards lived with her brother, George Paul.
[343]Eleanor Paul, who had lived with my sister, and who afterwards lived with her brother, George Paul.
[344]Frank Miles died July 1891.
[344]Frank Miles died July 1891.
[345]Marquis de Sade.
[345]Marquis de Sade.
[346]Afterwards Lady Rumbold.
[346]Afterwards Lady Rumbold.
[347]Rev. Joseph Wolff, missionary to Palestine, died 1862.
[347]Rev. Joseph Wolff, missionary to Palestine, died 1862.
[348]Doña Emilia de Guyangos. See vol. iv.
[348]Doña Emilia de Guyangos. See vol. iv.
[349]Mrs. Thellusson died January 23, 1881, leaving a most loving memory behind. Swinburne wrote a pretty poem on her death.
[349]Mrs. Thellusson died January 23, 1881, leaving a most loving memory behind. Swinburne wrote a pretty poem on her death.
[350]Afterwards married to Robert-George, Lord Windsor.
[350]Afterwards married to Robert-George, Lord Windsor.
[351]See vol. ii.
[351]See vol. ii.
[352]Dr. Grey died, aged 77, January 1888.
[352]Dr. Grey died, aged 77, January 1888.
[353]Isabella Henrietta Poyntz, 8th Countess of Cork.
[353]Isabella Henrietta Poyntz, 8th Countess of Cork.
[354]“No wonder, Mary, that thy storyTouches all hearts—for there we seeThe soul’s corruption, and its glory,Its death and life combin’d in thee.. . . . . . . .No wonder, Mary, that thy face,In all its touching light of tears,Should meet us in each holy place,When man before his God appears,Hopeless—were he not taught to seeAll hope in Him who pardoned thee.”
[354]
“No wonder, Mary, that thy storyTouches all hearts—for there we seeThe soul’s corruption, and its glory,Its death and life combin’d in thee.. . . . . . . .No wonder, Mary, that thy face,In all its touching light of tears,Should meet us in each holy place,When man before his God appears,Hopeless—were he not taught to seeAll hope in Him who pardoned thee.”
“No wonder, Mary, that thy storyTouches all hearts—for there we seeThe soul’s corruption, and its glory,Its death and life combin’d in thee.. . . . . . . .No wonder, Mary, that thy face,In all its touching light of tears,Should meet us in each holy place,When man before his God appears,Hopeless—were he not taught to seeAll hope in Him who pardoned thee.”
[355]Yet, M. Vivier told Madame du Quaire that, when he first went to see Mrs. Grote, he found her sitting high aloft in a tree, dressed in a coachman’s brown greatcoat with capes, playing on the violoncello.
[355]Yet, M. Vivier told Madame du Quaire that, when he first went to see Mrs. Grote, he found her sitting high aloft in a tree, dressed in a coachman’s brown greatcoat with capes, playing on the violoncello.
[356]Mr. Grote was ever imperturbably placid. When Jenny Lind was asked what she thought of Mr. Grote, she said he was “like a fine old bust in a corner which one longed to dust.” Mrs. Grote dusted him.
[356]Mr. Grote was ever imperturbably placid. When Jenny Lind was asked what she thought of Mr. Grote, she said he was “like a fine old bust in a corner which one longed to dust.” Mrs. Grote dusted him.
[357]This was my last sight of Lady Ruthven, who died April 5, 1885, aged 96.
[357]This was my last sight of Lady Ruthven, who died April 5, 1885, aged 96.
[358]“Pensées Philosophiques,” 1747.
[358]“Pensées Philosophiques,” 1747.
[359]Since republished in “Biographical Sketches.”
[359]Since republished in “Biographical Sketches.”
[360]The Stanleys’ dear old nurse.
[360]The Stanleys’ dear old nurse.
[361]From “Biographical Sketches.”
[361]From “Biographical Sketches.”
[362]Lord Romilly perished in his burning house in Egerton Gardens, London, in May 1891, having never recovered the death of his most sweet wife several years before.
[362]Lord Romilly perished in his burning house in Egerton Gardens, London, in May 1891, having never recovered the death of his most sweet wife several years before.
[363]Hon. W. Owen Stanley, brother of the 2nd Lord Stanley of Alderley, and of my aunt Mrs. Marcus Hare.
[363]Hon. W. Owen Stanley, brother of the 2nd Lord Stanley of Alderley, and of my aunt Mrs. Marcus Hare.
[364]Mary Louisa, daughter of Henry, 5th Duke of Grafton.
[364]Mary Louisa, daughter of Henry, 5th Duke of Grafton.
[365]Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, Baron Penrhyn, who had succeeded to Penrhyn Castle in right of his first wife, Miss Dawkins Pennant.
[365]Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, Baron Penrhyn, who had succeeded to Penrhyn Castle in right of his first wife, Miss Dawkins Pennant.
[366]Her grandmother, Lady Ravensworth, was my grandmother’s only sister.
[366]Her grandmother, Lady Ravensworth, was my grandmother’s only sister.
[367]From “Southern Italy.”
[367]From “Southern Italy.”
[368]From “Southern Italy.”
[368]From “Southern Italy.”
[369]From “Southern Italy.”
[369]From “Southern Italy.”
[370]Olympia, Countess von Usedom, eldest daughter of Sir John Malcolm. See vols. i. and iii.
[370]Olympia, Countess von Usedom, eldest daughter of Sir John Malcolm. See vols. i. and iii.
[371]This Patriarch died of the influenza in 1892.
[371]This Patriarch died of the influenza in 1892.
[372]From “Venice.”
[372]From “Venice.”
[373]Dr. Walter Smith on Robertson of Irvine.
[373]Dr. Walter Smith on Robertson of Irvine.
[374]Philip-Henry, 4th Earl Stanhope, died 1855.
[374]Philip-Henry, 4th Earl Stanhope, died 1855.
[375]Dr. Buckland afterwards told Lady Lyndhurst that there was one thing even worse than a mole, and that was a blue-bottle fly.
[375]Dr. Buckland afterwards told Lady Lyndhurst that there was one thing even worse than a mole, and that was a blue-bottle fly.
[376]From “Walks in London.”
[376]From “Walks in London.”
[377]From “Holland.”
[377]From “Holland.”
[378]From “Holland.”
[378]From “Holland.”
[379]The results of this tour appeared in the first part of my little volume, “Sketches in Holland and Scandinavia.”
[379]The results of this tour appeared in the first part of my little volume, “Sketches in Holland and Scandinavia.”
[380]Second daughter of the 1st Duke of Sutherland, born 1797; she wrote to me several times after this, and showed me great kindness, but we never met again. She died November 11, 1891.
[380]Second daughter of the 1st Duke of Sutherland, born 1797; she wrote to me several times after this, and showed me great kindness, but we never met again. She died November 11, 1891.
[381]Lowell.
[381]Lowell.
[382]Gray’s “Enigmas of Life.”
[382]Gray’s “Enigmas of Life.”
[383]John Gidman, her most unworthy husband, the cloud and scourge and sorrow of her life. He had (fortunately for me) kept away during her illness, and did not wish to have anything to do with her funeral, or even to attend it. Immediately after, he removed all her possessions to Cheshire, and soon married again, dying six years after.
[383]John Gidman, her most unworthy husband, the cloud and scourge and sorrow of her life. He had (fortunately for me) kept away during her illness, and did not wish to have anything to do with her funeral, or even to attend it. Immediately after, he removed all her possessions to Cheshire, and soon married again, dying six years after.
[384]Madame de Staël.
[384]Madame de Staël.
[385]Princess Elizabeth of Wied; translated by Sir Edwin Arnold.
[385]Princess Elizabeth of Wied; translated by Sir Edwin Arnold.
[386]Thomasine Jocelyn, widow of the 4th Earl of Donoughmore.
[386]Thomasine Jocelyn, widow of the 4th Earl of Donoughmore.
[387]From “Studies in Russia.”
[387]From “Studies in Russia.”
[388]From “Studies in Russia.”
[388]From “Studies in Russia.”
[389]From “Studies in Russia.”
[389]From “Studies in Russia.”
[390]From “Studies in Russia.”
[390]From “Studies in Russia.”
[391]From “Studies in Russia.”
[391]From “Studies in Russia.”
[392]From “Studies in Russia.”
[392]From “Studies in Russia.”
[393]From “Studies in Russia.”
[393]From “Studies in Russia.”
[394]I published some articles on Mrs. Duncan Stewart and her remarkable life inGood Wordsfor 1892. They have been republished in “Biographical Sketches.”
[394]I published some articles on Mrs. Duncan Stewart and her remarkable life inGood Wordsfor 1892. They have been republished in “Biographical Sketches.”
[395]From “North-Eastern France.”
[395]From “North-Eastern France.”
[396]From “North-Eastern France.”
[396]From “North-Eastern France.”
[397]From “North-Eastern France.”
[397]From “North-Eastern France.”
[398]The third boy, Henry Wood, died in London, June 6, 1886. The second son, Francis, died at Eton, March 17, 1889. The beloved eldest son, Charlie, died at Hickledon, September 1890.
[398]The third boy, Henry Wood, died in London, June 6, 1886. The second son, Francis, died at Eton, March 17, 1889. The beloved eldest son, Charlie, died at Hickledon, September 1890.
[399]My second-cousin, Lady Elizabeth Williamson, daughter of the 1st Earl of Ravensworth.
[399]My second-cousin, Lady Elizabeth Williamson, daughter of the 1st Earl of Ravensworth.
[400]Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, widow of Philip, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke[.] Her eldest daughter, Lady Mexborough, was the mother of Lady Sarah Savile, who married Hon. Sir James Lindsay.
[400]Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, widow of Philip, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke[.] Her eldest daughter, Lady Mexborough, was the mother of Lady Sarah Savile, who married Hon. Sir James Lindsay.
[401]Frances-Anne, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Vane Tempest, who (1819) became the second wife of the 3rd Marquis of Londonderry.
[401]Frances-Anne, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Vane Tempest, who (1819) became the second wife of the 3rd Marquis of Londonderry.
[402]From “Walks in London.”
[402]From “Walks in London.”
[403]From “South-Western France.”
[403]From “South-Western France.”
[404]From “South-Western France.”
[404]From “South-Western France.”
[405]From “South-Western France.”
[405]From “South-Western France.”
[406]From “South-Western France.”
[406]From “South-Western France.”
[407]From “South-Western France.”
[407]From “South-Western France.”
[408]From “South-Western France.”
[408]From “South-Western France.”
[409]From “South-Western France.”
[409]From “South-Western France.”
[410]William Schomberg, 8th Marquis of Lothian, died 1870, aged 38.
[410]William Schomberg, 8th Marquis of Lothian, died 1870, aged 38.
[411]From “Sussex.”
[411]From “Sussex.”
[412]Very soon after I was at Ludlow, gentle Lady Mary Clive lost all her powers by a paralytic seizure, and she died in the summer of 1889
[412]Very soon after I was at Ludlow, gentle Lady Mary Clive lost all her powers by a paralytic seizure, and she died in the summer of 1889
[413]William Reginald Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon.
[413]William Reginald Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon.
[414]Clough.
[414]Clough.
[415]W. H. Smith, 1844.
[415]W. H. Smith, 1844.
[416]Dante,Purg.III.
[416]Dante,Purg.III.
[417]“Le Lys dans la Vallée.”
[417]“Le Lys dans la Vallée.”
[418]Ben Jonson.
[418]Ben Jonson.
[419]Monckton Milnes.
[419]Monckton Milnes.
[420]From “Sussex.”
[420]From “Sussex.”
[421]This was my last visit to the kind and excellent Lotteringo della Stufa, who died at Castagnolo, Feb. 26, 1889, after a long and painful illness.
[421]This was my last visit to the kind and excellent Lotteringo della Stufa, who died at Castagnolo, Feb. 26, 1889, after a long and painful illness.
[422]From “Days near Rome.”
[422]From “Days near Rome.”
[423]From “Days near Rome.”
[423]From “Days near Rome.”
[424]From “Days near Rome.”
[424]From “Days near Rome.”
[425]From “Central Italy.”
[425]From “Central Italy.”
[426]From “Central Italy.”
[426]From “Central Italy.”
[427]From “South-Eastern France.”
[427]From “South-Eastern France.”
[428]From “North-Eastern France.”
[428]From “North-Eastern France.”
[429]Lady Gage died a few months after, and left Hengrave to Lord Kenmare, who sold it.
[429]Lady Gage died a few months after, and left Hengrave to Lord Kenmare, who sold it.
[430]Ockwells was afterwards bought by my friend Stephen Leech, who restored it thoroughly and then sold it again.
[430]Ockwells was afterwards bought by my friend Stephen Leech, who restored it thoroughly and then sold it again.
[431]Frances Mary, daughter of Christopher Blackett of Wylam, widow of the Vicomte du Quaire.
[431]Frances Mary, daughter of Christopher Blackett of Wylam, widow of the Vicomte du Quaire.
[432]Emma, sister of Sir Francis Seymour.
[432]Emma, sister of Sir Francis Seymour.
[433]Margaret, daughter of T. Steuart Gladstone, Esq., of Capenoch.
[433]Margaret, daughter of T. Steuart Gladstone, Esq., of Capenoch.
[434]Anne, daughter of the Earl of Wemyss and March, wife of the 4th Earl of Warwick.
[434]Anne, daughter of the Earl of Wemyss and March, wife of the 4th Earl of Warwick.
[435]Edward Heneage Dering was the author of several books. His last, a novel—“The Ban of Maplethorpe”—was only completed the day before his sudden death in November 1892. His grandmother, Lady Maria Harrington Price, and my grandmother. Lady Paul, were first cousins.
[435]Edward Heneage Dering was the author of several books. His last, a novel—“The Ban of Maplethorpe”—was only completed the day before his sudden death in November 1892. His grandmother, Lady Maria Harrington Price, and my grandmother. Lady Paul, were first cousins.
[436]From “South-Eastern France.”
[436]From “South-Eastern France.”
[437]From “South-Eastern France.”
[437]From “South-Eastern France.”
[438]From “South-Eastern France.”
[438]From “South-Eastern France.”
[439]From “South-Eastern France.”
[439]From “South-Eastern France.”
[440]From “South-Eastern France.”
[440]From “South-Eastern France.”
[441]From “South-Eastern France.”
[441]From “South-Eastern France.”
[442]From “South-Eastern France.”
[442]From “South-Eastern France.”
[443]From “South-Eastern France.”
[443]From “South-Eastern France.”
[444]From “South-Eastern France.”
[444]From “South-Eastern France.”
[445]From “South-Eastern France.”
[445]From “South-Eastern France.”
[446]From “South-Eastern France.”
[446]From “South-Eastern France.”
[447]From “South-Eastern France.”
[447]From “South-Eastern France.”
[448]From “Sussex.”
[448]From “Sussex.”
[449]He had been sub-editor of theTimes.
[449]He had been sub-editor of theTimes.
[450]From “Walks in London.”
[450]From “Walks in London.”
[451]Prince Abu’n Nasr Mir Hissanum, Sultanah of Persia; Devawongse Varspraker of Siam; and Komatsu of Japan.
[451]Prince Abu’n Nasr Mir Hissanum, Sultanah of Persia; Devawongse Varspraker of Siam; and Komatsu of Japan.
[452]Princess “Liliuokalani.” Queen Liliuokalani was deposed January 1893, after a reign of only two years.
[452]Princess “Liliuokalani.” Queen Liliuokalani was deposed January 1893, after a reign of only two years.
[453]Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham.
[453]Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham.
[454]Fourth daughter of the 3rd Marquis of Exeter, afterwards Lady Barnard.
[454]Fourth daughter of the 3rd Marquis of Exeter, afterwards Lady Barnard.
[455]Lady Alma Graham, youngest daughter of the 4th Duke of Montrose.
[455]Lady Alma Graham, youngest daughter of the 4th Duke of Montrose.
[456]I never saw Mrs. Procter again; she died March 5, 1888. She liked to see people to the last. Every Sunday and Tuesday she admitted all who came to her as long as she could; then she saw a portion: up to the last few weeks she saw one or two. As Landor says, “She warmed both hands before the fire of life, and when it sank she was ready to depart.”One day a young man remonstrated with Mrs. Procter for not going to see an exhibition of Sir Joshuas which was open at that time. “I have seen them all,” she said. “Why, Mrs. Procter, there has never been such an exhibition before.”—“I beg your pardon; there has been.”—“Why, when?”—“In 1808, and—where were you then?”Mrs. Procter used to tell how she had been at the jubilee of George III., and would add that if she could see the jubilee of Queen Victoria she would say her “Nunc Dimittis;” and she did see it, and the Queen expressed a wish that Mrs. Procter, who was invited to her garden-party, should be especially presented to her.Mrs. Procter—Anne Benson Procter—was born Sept. 11, 1799, being the daughter of Mr. Skepper, a small Yorkshire squire. Her mother, a Benson, who was aunt of the Archbishop of Canterbury of that name, married, as her second husband, Basil Montagu, Q.C. In 1823, Miss Skepper married Bryan Waller Procter, known as Barry Cornwall, described by Patmore as a “simple, sincere, shy, and delicate soul,” well known to his contemporaries by his songs set to music by popular composers. He died in 1874.
[456]I never saw Mrs. Procter again; she died March 5, 1888. She liked to see people to the last. Every Sunday and Tuesday she admitted all who came to her as long as she could; then she saw a portion: up to the last few weeks she saw one or two. As Landor says, “She warmed both hands before the fire of life, and when it sank she was ready to depart.”
One day a young man remonstrated with Mrs. Procter for not going to see an exhibition of Sir Joshuas which was open at that time. “I have seen them all,” she said. “Why, Mrs. Procter, there has never been such an exhibition before.”—“I beg your pardon; there has been.”—“Why, when?”—“In 1808, and—where were you then?”
Mrs. Procter used to tell how she had been at the jubilee of George III., and would add that if she could see the jubilee of Queen Victoria she would say her “Nunc Dimittis;” and she did see it, and the Queen expressed a wish that Mrs. Procter, who was invited to her garden-party, should be especially presented to her.
Mrs. Procter—Anne Benson Procter—was born Sept. 11, 1799, being the daughter of Mr. Skepper, a small Yorkshire squire. Her mother, a Benson, who was aunt of the Archbishop of Canterbury of that name, married, as her second husband, Basil Montagu, Q.C. In 1823, Miss Skepper married Bryan Waller Procter, known as Barry Cornwall, described by Patmore as a “simple, sincere, shy, and delicate soul,” well known to his contemporaries by his songs set to music by popular composers. He died in 1874.
[457]NéeJanet Duff Gordon.
[457]NéeJanet Duff Gordon.
[458]Second daughter of the 1st Earl of Kilmorey, aged 95.
[458]Second daughter of the 1st Earl of Kilmorey, aged 95.
[459]Henry Cowper, than whom no one was a more universal favourite, or more deservedly so, died a few months after this.
[459]Henry Cowper, than whom no one was a more universal favourite, or more deservedly so, died a few months after this.
[460]Afterwards Lady Swansea.
[460]Afterwards Lady Swansea.
[461]Third son of the 4th Earl of Aberdeen, married Ellen, 2nd daughter of the 19th Earl of Morton.
[461]Third son of the 4th Earl of Aberdeen, married Ellen, 2nd daughter of the 19th Earl of Morton.
[462]Lady Gertrude Talbot, daughter of the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury.
[462]Lady Gertrude Talbot, daughter of the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury.
[463]Esquire being written as well as Reverend, is supposed to have been intended to indicate the son of a baronet.
[463]Esquire being written as well as Reverend, is supposed to have been intended to indicate the son of a baronet.
[464]In 1890 Mr. Pigott died, and the new Rector destroyed the character of Bemerton by adding largely to the rectory in red brick.
[464]In 1890 Mr. Pigott died, and the new Rector destroyed the character of Bemerton by adding largely to the rectory in red brick.
[465]The Earl of Caledon’s place in Hertfordshire.
[465]The Earl of Caledon’s place in Hertfordshire.
[466]The 16th Earl, father of the Princesses Doria and Borghese.
[466]The 16th Earl, father of the Princesses Doria and Borghese.
[467]Browning.
[467]Browning.
[468]From “North-Western France.”
[468]From “North-Western France.”
[469]Sir John Saville’s.
[469]Sir John Saville’s.
[470]Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland, who died August 21, 1891.
[470]Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland, who died August 21, 1891.
[471]Afterwards Duchess of Portland.
[471]Afterwards Duchess of Portland.
[472]Louisa, daughter of Henry Drummond, Esq., died 1890.
[472]Louisa, daughter of Henry Drummond, Esq., died 1890.
[473]Algernon-George, 6th Duke of Northumberland.
[473]Algernon-George, 6th Duke of Northumberland.