The Letters of Lady Harriot Eliot, 1766-1786 (Classic Reprint)

Lady Harriot Eliot was the third child and the younger of the two daughters of Wi Uiam Pitt, first Earl of Chatham, and of Lady Chatham, who was the daughter of Hester, suo jure Countess Temple. She was born in London on the 18th of A pril 1758, and was consequently a year older than her famous brother William Pitt, the younger. She was married in 1785 to Mr. Edward James Eliot, the eldest surviving son of the first Lord Eliot, and died the following year after giving birth to a daughter who in 1806 married Colonel, afterwards Lieutenant General, Sir William Pringle, an officer who served with distinction in the Peninsular War. Such is the short life-story of the writer of the following letters, which are in the possession of Lady Harriot sdescendants and are now printed for the first time. With the exception of a few carefully treasured notes written by Lady Harriot when she was a child, the letters, all except one of which are addressed to Lady Chatham, were written between 1776, the year of the declaration of American I ndependence, and 1786, the year in which Mr. Pitt concluded his Commercial Treaty with France. The letters are unevenly distributed over these years, These letters were not included by the late Admiral Pringle in his bequest of Pitt papers to the Public Record Office, and, as far as can be ascertained, Mr. Basil Williams is the only biographer of the Pitt family who has seen them.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the