Of Court and Diplomatic Life (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Of Court and Diplomatic Life Birth and Parentage - Early Recollections - Ball at St. James´s - Confirmation - Letters from my Mother - Her Character and Maxims - My Aunt Richmond - The Queen´s Coronation - Visits to Edinburgh and Paris - Appointment as Maid of Honour. I was born in London, at 51 Portland Place, on April 13, 1822, the youngest child of Thomas Henry, second Baron Ravensworth, and Maria Susannah his wife, the daughter of Mr. and Lady Anne Simpson, of Bradley Hall, co. Durham. My eldest brother Henry, afterwards first Earl of Ravensworth, and my eldest sister Maria, Marchioness of Normanby, were married before I was born; and my nephews, George Henry Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, and Henry the second Earl of Ravensworth, were both older than myself, so that I was always called the ´little auntie.´ When I was about three years old my parents were disturbed one morning by a violent scuffle and altercation on the stairs leading to their room, and on inquiring the cause, ´Jack Phipps,´ as he was then called, was found in tears because he said his ´little auntie´ was so naughty she would not allow him to carry her upstairs. My earliest recollections are of having heard the watchman call the hours in Portland Place, and of having a great terror of highwaymen, because my father would never travel into London after dark, for fear of the carriage being robbed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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