Letter from the Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, (1735-1806), in Whitehall, London to his sister Lady Louisa Conolly in Castletown, Co. Kildare - he remarks ‘The contents of your melancholy letter to Mr Ogilvie [announcing the death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald] has as you imagine touched us all who are here to the greatest degree. A more precious good hearted soul I believe never existed than poor Edward possessed. His faults were errors of imagination but I am sure no man acted more from principle (mistaken as it was) than he did. I am glad that you and Henry saw him before he died.…His poor mother set off last night...for Ireland in hopes that her presence might do some good in retarding his trial till the heat and prejudice of the moment were a little subsided.’ He discusses changes in travel arrangements whereby the Duchess of Leinster’s journey be terminated, commenting on her fortitude. ‘…The King appeared also very feeling to me yesterday when I had an audience to state to him the grounds on which I had with Mr Pitt’s permission written to Lord Camden to beg a delay in the trial’. He discusses arrangements for Pamela Fitzgerald, Lord Edwards' widow and her great distress and the reaction of other members of the extended family.