Letter from Lady Louisa Conolly to the Earl of Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, [then serving as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland],
1798 June 8.
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| Summary: | Lady Louisa Conolly writes from Castletown, Co. Kildare to John Jeffreys Pratt, the Earl of Camden and the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland concerning arrangements for the funeral of Lord Edward Fitzgerald - ‘…I cannot forbear from assuring Your Excellency that so earnest was my wish to preclude any possibility of a riot, on that melancholy occasion that I claim not the smallest merit in having ordered such a private funeral for my beloved nephew, as accorded very ill with my feelings towards him. But thinking no sacrifice too great for the attainment of that important end, I had desired that three persons only should attend – two of the Duke of Leinster’s oldest servants and Mr Leeson the Agent. By the neglect before alluded to Mr Leeson was deprived of his attendance at the ceremony in the Church. However, a complaint against Mr Cook upon that score, which only regards my feelings, I consider as entirely beneath my notice, but I think it right that Your Excellency should know, that after my kind friend the Chancellor (with whom I conversed) had approved of my plan, and Lord Castlereagh too, when I sent to apprize of it, the effect was the same as if no orders had been given…’. |
| In collection: | Conolly-Napier papers, 1783-1840. |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | John Jeffreys Pratt, (1759-1840), 1st Marquess Camden, styled Viscount Bayham from 1786 to 1794; he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl Camden in 1794 and the following year he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by William Pitt. Known as The Earl Camden from 1794 to 1812, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1795 and 1798 [he resigned immediately after the suppression of the 1798 Rebellion], he was appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between 1804 and 1805. Physical description: 1 sheet. more |
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Letter from Lady Louisa Conolly to the Earl of Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, [then serving as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland],
1798 June 8.
| In Collection: | Conolly-Napier papers, 1783-1840. |
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| Description: | Lady Louisa Conolly writes from Castletown, Co. Kildare to John Jeffreys Pratt, the Earl of Camden and the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland concerning arrangements for the funeral of Lord Edward Fitzgerald - ‘…I cannot forbear from assuring Your Excellency that so earnest was my wish to preclude any possibility of a riot, on that melancholy occasion that I claim not the smallest merit in having ordered such a private funeral for my beloved nephew, as accorded very ill with my feelings towards him. But thinking no sacrifice too great for the attainment of that important end, I had desired that three persons only should attend – two of the Duke of Leinster’s oldest servants and Mr Leeson the Agent. By the neglect before alluded to Mr Leeson was deprived of his attendance at the ceremony in the Church. However, a complaint against Mr Cook upon that score, which only regards my feelings, I consider as entirely beneath my notice, but I think it right that Your Excellency should know, that after my kind friend the Chancellor (with whom I conversed) had approved of my plan, and Lord Castlereagh too, when I sent to apprize of it, the effect was the same as if no orders had been given…’. |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 sheet. |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 34,922/5
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |