| Evidence: | Lady Harriet Cavendish to her brother, the Marquis of Hartington (b. 1790), 1 February 1809:
'How surprized Barrow's sermons must have been upon first opening to see you and Sir William. I wonder it did not shut of itself. Do you know, it is very delightful of you both, and it is incalculable what advantage serious study, steadily persevered in, would be to you. A frivolous woman is a bad thing, but if there is one thing more contemptible than another, it is a frivolous man.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1809 and 1 Feb 1809 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reading Group: | William Spencer Cavendish and 'Sir William' |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | Cambridge undergraduate (Hartington) and friend |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Barrow |
| Title: | Sermons |
| Genre: | Sermon |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25886 | |
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| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer | |
| Title: | Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1940 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 295 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 (London, 1940), p. 295, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25886, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Identity of Sir William unclear, but a Sir William Rumbold is mentioned at p.289 in source, in letter in which Lady Harriet Cavendish writes to her brother: 'As to Sir Wm. [Rumbold] [...] I am extremely sorry to hear that he is so unwell. You seem both of you to lead the most fatiguing lives in the world -- never in the same place two days together, taking too much violent exercise and never going to bed till two or three in the morning [...] its consequences must be bad.' See also p.295, where letter cited in evidence continues: 'We are perpetually cross-questioned about Sir William Rumbold [...] I am as sick of being asked -- "Is he a toad-eater?" as I am of answering -- "You forget that question reflects as much upon my brother as upon him."' |
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