TALBOT8933

Edinb.
Friday

My Dear Charles

I do not know whether you have heard the sad intelligence from Melbury ¹ of the death of my dear uncle the Earl of Ilchester ² We knew that his health was very precarious but as he was spending the winter at Melbury in perfect quiet and I believe without seeing any company whatever we hoped he would have got through the winter and that next summer might have removed his complaint in the throat.

It is a satisfaction to us to look back upon his last visit to Lacock in company with Lady Ilchester ³ when he seemed to enjoy himself very much in the hot and bright weather and I visited them at Abbotsbury ⁴ also.

Tomorrow I am going to Dabton to stay a few days with Matilda ⁵

Your aff^te Father

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C. H. Talbot Esq
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