Henrietta Pelham-Holles, Duchess of Newcastle to Hans Sloane – n.d.
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Date: n.d. Author: Henrietta Pelham-Holles, Duchess of Newcastle Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076 Folio: f. 162
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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
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Fol. 162 I trouble you with this, to beg, that if you happen to see the Duke of Newcastle when you come thither, tomorrow, that you would not tell him, that you give Nanny the same powder, which you us’t to give him, for I fear it may make him think his case has been the same with him, which god forbid it should be, for I doubt [], has been very bad, but I hope she is better tonight, then she was, when you saw her, I am…
Henrietta Pelham-Holles (d. 1776) was born Henrietta Godolphin and married Thomas Pelham-Holles in 1717. She suffered from poor health throughout their marriage. They never had children (Reed Browning, ‘Holles, Thomas Pelham-, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and first duke of Newcastle under Lyme (1693–1768)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21801, accessed 9 July 2014]).
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Name: N/A Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
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