Autograph letter signed from Sophia Grey, Duchess of Kent, to Lord Castledurrow at Castle Durrow, Ireland [manuscript], 1734 December 3.

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Autograph letter signed from Sophia Grey, Duchess of Kent, to Lord Castledurrow at Castle Durrow, Ireland [manuscript], 1734 December 3.

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News of Lady Suffolks' retiring from the court and the great perfection of Farinelli's singing. Gives family news.

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Farinelli, 1705-1782

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Italian soprano castrato. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bologna, 16 June 1769, to an unidentified friend, 1769 June 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576716 ...

Castle Durrow, William Flower, Baron, 1685?-1746

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Kent, Sophia Grey, Duchess of, -1748

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Suffolk, Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of, 1688?-1767

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Henrietta Hobart, daughter of Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Bart., married in 1706 Charles Howard, afterward the 9th Earl of Suffolk (1675-1733). She was the acknowledged mistress of the Prince of Wales (afterward George II), and a Lady of the Bedchamber to his wife, Princess (later Queen) Caroline. She retired from Court in 1734, and the following year married, for a second husband, the Hon. George Berkeley (d. 1746). She died in 1767 at the age of 86. From the description of Papers of Henr...