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20 To (he Countess of Upper Ossory [1774

1548. To THE COUNTESS OF UPPEE OSSOEY.

Strawberry Hill, July 30, 1774.

I CAN satisfy few of your Ladyship's questions about
Lady Holland, except by what little I heard from Mr. Craw-
furd, who came hither one evening between eight and nine,
and went away the moment he had breakfasted the next
morning. Of her death he told me nothing. The fortune
he thinks much more considerable than the family ex-
pected. This Lord Holland will have 10,0007. a year.
Charles Pox will be entirely cleared, have his place, and
200Z. a year, and 10,000?., a pretty beginning for a younger
brother, for Julius Caesar not a breakfast. Henry¹ has
20,000?., and 900Z. a year. There is a strange legacy to
Lady Sarah² of 200Z., and Mrs. Mellier ⁸ is forgotten. Un-
doubtedly poor Lady Holland knew little what she said :
indeed, six hundred drops of laudanum every day could
leave her very little reflection.

Lord Thomond's no-will is still more surprising,' as he
was persuaded he should die this year. He had had a draft
of a will from his lawyer three years ago, and had not
filled up the blanks. As he had taken the government of
Lord Egremont's next brother *, that boy was supposed his
heir. Lord Egremont has made strict inquiry, and said he
would comply literally with whatever he could learn were
his uncle's instructions; but nobody can recollect the
smallest hint. They say Lord Egremont was his favourite,
and I believe he chose this way of heaping everything on
the head of the Wyndhams.

1548.—- * Henry Fox, Lord panion to Lady Hchester amd to Lady

Holland's youngest son. Holland*

² Lady Sarah Bunbury, sister of * Hon. Percy Charles Wyndham,
Lady HoUand. second son of second Earl of Egre-

³ Mrs. Melliar's maiden name was mont.
Cheeke. She had formerly been com-



	20 To (he Countess of Upper Ossory [1774

	1548. To THE COUNTESS OF UPPEE OSSOEY. Strawberry Hill, July 30, 1774. I CAN satisfy few of your Ladyship's questions about Lady Holland, except by what little I heard from Mr. Craw- furd, who came hither one evening between eight and nine, and went away the moment he had breakfasted the next morning. Of her death he told me nothing. The fortune he thinks much more considerable than the family ex- pected. This Lord Holland will have 10,0007. a year. Charles Pox will be entirely cleared, have his place, and 200Z. a year, and 10,000?., a pretty beginning for a younger brother, for Julius Caesar not a breakfast. Henry¹ has 20,000?., and 900Z. a year. There is a strange legacy to Lady Sarah² of 200Z., and Mrs. Mellier ⁸ is forgotten. Un- doubtedly poor Lady Holland knew little what she said : indeed, six hundred drops of laudanum every day could leave her very little reflection. Lord Thomond's no-will is still more surprising,' as he was persuaded he should die this year. He had had a draft of a will from his lawyer three years ago, and had not filled up the blanks. As he had taken the government of Lord Egremont's next brother *, that boy was supposed his heir. Lord Egremont has made strict inquiry, and said he would comply literally with whatever he could learn were his uncle's instructions; but nobody can recollect the smallest hint. They say Lord Egremont was his favourite, and I believe he chose this way of heaping everything on the head of the Wyndhams.

	1548.—- * Henry Fox, Lord panion to Lady Hchester amd to Lady Holland's youngest son. Holland* ² Lady Sarah Bunbury, sister of * Hon. Percy Charles Wyndham, Lady HoUand. second son of second Earl of Egre- ³ Mrs. Melliar's maiden name was mont. Cheeke. She had formerly been com-