Margaret Maskelyne , In 1766, she rented Westcomb House, not far from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, where her brother, Nevil, lived. In the 1780s she lived at Englefield House. Try and see: The Life of Robert, Lord Clive: Collected from the Family Papers Communicated by the Earl of Powis by John Malcolm and Title Vicissitudes of Fort St. George Author(s) David Leighton Publisher A. Combridge Publication Date 1902 Pages 246 Her companion during the trip in France in 1768, was Jan (Jenny) Latham who kept a diary. Mrs. (?) Latham Journal of a Tour of France with Lord and Lady Clive, (Somerset Record Office DD/SH/67/19C/2480). LATHAM, Mrs. (attr. To) (? - ?), a relative of Lady Clive. She accompanied Lord and Lady Clive on a tour of France which lasted from 24 January to 27 June 1768. After ten days in Paris, they moved south via Lyons to Montpellier. For two months they divided their time between Montpellier and Pâezenas and then returned to Paris via Toulouse, Cahors, Limoges and Orleans. The journal ends on 28 June at Brussels. A REGENCY BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER HARP BY SEBASTIAN ERARD (1752-1831) Provenance: Harp 467 is recorded in the Erard harp ledgers, volume 1, page 117, as invoiced to `Lady Clive', 21 April 1802. The ledgers are in the Royal College of Music archives and read: F20 467 Lady Clive 73.10.- Violette coifre 2.2.- Borde de rose et myetny Paye le 28 Oct. Filets jeunes Mr Dufreurier Ser. Lady Clive would have either been the wife of Robert Clive, created 1st Lord Clive of Plassey and `Clive of India' or the wife of his son Edward Clive, 2nd Lord Clive, created 1st Earl of Powis -------- Near henley: http://www.oxfordshirepast.net/hen_mansites.html Phyllis Court (Filetts) Filetts manor included a chief house on the site of Filetts or Phyllis Court by 1353, when goods there belonging to Richard at Hacche, perhaps a bailiff or lessee, were seized by the king for payment of debt.[13] Possibly the site formed part of the original manorial centre for Henley manor, together with Countess Garden to its south, but evidence for its earlier history is lacking.[14] The house was included in John Moleyns's grant of Filetts manor to Thomas Galian,[15] and during the 15th and 16th centuries was probably occupied by some of the owners of Filetts or by their lessees. Thomas Hales lived at Henley by 1502,[16] John Venor was warden in 1565,[17] and both William Marmion (d. 1470) and William Masham (d. 1600) were `of Phyllis Court',[18] while Sir John Miller, who also owned Henley park, lived at Phyllis Court in the early 17th century, serving as sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1633–4.[19] James I's consort Anne of Denmark briefly stayed there in August 1604, during the tenancy of Sir John Swinnerton.[20] The Whitelockes, who acquired the house c. 1638, continued to live at Fawley Court until 1642 when it was damaged by occupying Royalist soldiers,[21] and although Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke, as a Parliamentarian commander, was sometimes at Henley during the Civil War, from 1644 Phyllis Court was garrisoned and fortified by the Parliamentarians.[22] Whitelocke personally supervised demolition of the fortifications in 1646 and lived there with his family until around 1650, when he moved first to Fawley Court and, from 1663, to Chilton Lodge (Wilts.).[23] For a time Phyllis Court was leased, but Sir Bulstrode's son William moved there in 1664,[24] and until 1768 it was occupied by successive members of the Whitelocke family and by their successor Gislingham Cooper, who used it as a summer residence.[25] Later lords again lived at Fawley, and Phyllis Court was leased to resident gentry, among them Lady Clive (c. 1790), Admiral Bowyer, Strickland Freeman (c. 1813), William Jones (c. 1823), Thomas Hews (c. 1842), and George Pritt (c. 1845–52).[26] --------- Bridgewater House England 259. Reynolds, Portrait-group, believed to represent Lord and Lady Clive, with a child and ayah (1764). The above description is from Findlay Muirhead's 1927 London guidebook, edited and Ă Gardenvisit.com. -------------- Volume 72 Page 44 - February 1999 doi:10.1111/1468-2281.00072 Volume 72 Issue 177 The Monmouthshire Election of 1771 Peter D. G. Thomas The case study of the Monmouthshire contest of 1771 forms a corrective to recent views on the freedom of election in pre-reform Britain. The underlying lesson is the power of the great landed estates, with appeal to popular opinion being mainly for propaganda effect. Light is also thrown on electoral procedures, such as after-poll speeches, a new practice and a motive for compiling a poll-book. "cousin, MP George Clive, informed Lady Clive that the duke intended to. offer £55000 for `the Monmouthshire estate'. 56. On 6 January 1772 Beaufort ..." ------------ Some Selected Reports from The Bath Chronicle, 1761 Bath, October 15. Arriv'd here, Duke of Norfolk, Countess of Suffolk, Countess of Dundonald, Hon.Mr. Talbot, Hon.Mr. Cornwallis, Hon.Mrs. King, Sir William Courtenay, Lady and Son, Sir. Tho. Thorowgood, Lady and Miss, Lady Clive, Lady Delves, and Miss, Lady Beliew, Lady Knowles, Major Madan, Lady, and Miss, Col. Mountpleasant and Lady, Capt. Jones, Capt. Donnalla, Capt. Fuesdell, Capt. Lloyd, Capt. Dickson, Capt. Edwards, Dr. Mushet, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. King, Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Yawe, Mr. and Mrs. Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Warner, Mr and Mrs Tuffnell, Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Mr. and Mrs Lutterell, Mr. and Mrs Allen, Mr and Mrs Vendilieur, Mr and Mrs Howard, Mr and Mrs Hewbert, Mr and Mrs Whitebread, Mr and Mrs Sands, Mr and Mrs Hobhouse and Miss, Mr and Mrs Mills, Mr and Mrs Waters, Mr and Mrs Langton, Mr and Mrs De la Foy, Mr and Mrs Trawless, Mr. Bennet, Mr Burris, Mr. Comings, Mr Woodhouse, Mr Dehaney, Mr Melmoth, Mr Cust, Mr Cocklaid, Mr Wilson, Mr Bragge, Mr Codrington, Mr Gore, Mr Surshell, Mr Rawden, Mr Legh, Mr Johnson, Mr French, Mr Birch, Mr Furstenau, Mr Tubb, Mrs Tryan, Mrs Elstob, Mrs Egerton, Mrs Wade, Mrs Harper, Mrs Jones, Mrs Jennings, Mrs Farr, Mrs Coppinger, Mrs Melone, Mrs Sims and Miss, Mrs Thelles, Mrs Pratt, Mrs Middleton, Miss Newton, Miss Giffard, Miss Berrow, Miss Bleasdale, Miss Basset, Miss Horton, Miss Morris, Miss Tippett, Miss Matthews, &c. &c. Sunday Night died Mr. Joshua Ross, Grocer, in the Market-Place. Last Week died at London, after a few Days Illness, Mr. Joseph Kendal, of this City, whose amiable Disposition gain'd the Esteem of those that knew him This Paper is vended in Wells, Glastonbury, Bridgewater, Taunton, &c. by CORNELIUS CUTLER:- And in Chilcompton, Shepton-mallet, Evercreech, Castle-Cary, North Cadbury, West-Camel, Ivelchester, &c. by WILLIAM THOMAS - Their Honesty, Care and Diligence in the Delivery of small Parcels, Messages, &c. may be rely'd on. ------------ British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections Catalogue Ref. IOR/H Home Miscellaneous [Access Conditions] Unrestricted Printed papers copied for Sir George Forrest from the Madras Records - ref. IOR/H/803-806 FILE - Documents from the collections of Sir George Forrest, C.I.E. - ref. IOR/H/810 - date: 1758-1767 hit[from Scope and Content] Copies of letters received by Lady Clive from (1) her husband 4th June 1764 to 14th July 1767; (2) Henry Strachey 4th June 1764 to 25th April 1767; (3) Gen. Carnac 4th and 15th Dec. 1766; (4) Edmund Maskelyne 19th Oct. 1764 to 21st May 1767; (5) Capt. Richard Walpole (two) 7th Nov. 1758. Also copy of a letter from Clive to his son Edward 31st Jan. 1766. She travelled to Madras in a party of 11 marriageable young ladies, arriving there in Jun 1752?? (Dep. England 18 Jan 1752 arr. Madras 4 Aug 1752]. Another one of these single ladies was Philadelphia Austen, aunt to the novelist, Jane Austen. She was pregnant late in 1757. She was expecting to travel to India with Clive in 1764, but finding she was pregnant, she remained behind and on 13 Mar 1765, she hosted a soiree at Berkeley sq., and the young Mozarts played and Manzuoli sang. She probably organised this partly having in mind that there was an impending election of the Directors of the east india Company and the contest between Clive's supporters and Sullivan's was a fierce one. This grand entertainiing was in the nature of canvassing. This soiree is the only recorded occasion when Manzuoli and Mozart are known to have performed together. See: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/englefield-house-berkshire/englefield-ho use-case-study-lady-clive-at-englefield-house-1780s/ See: A match made at Madras: Margaret Maskelyne: Lady Clive: 1735-1817: Her Life and Times by Dr. John A. Thomas
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