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Document ReferencePl C 52/130
TitleLetter from William Ogilvie, Wimbledon, London to [W.H.C. Bentinck] 3rd Duke of Portland; 6 July 1801
Date6 July 1801
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionExplains that he would have sent the enclosed paper [not present] sooner had it not been for the illness of the Duchess of Leinster; does not think it will tell the duke anything new but it may draw his attention to some important details, particularly in breaking for peace; there is a summary of Mr Dundas's defence on a motion for an enquiry into the expedition to Ferrol; ends letter with a latin inscription.
Termmilitary campaigns, Ferrol 1801

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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA41456Ogilvie; Emilia M. (1731-1814); Duchess of Leinster; née Lennox dau. of 2nd Duke of Richmond; m. 1st Duke of Leinster 1747; m. William Ogilvie 17741731-1814
NA11395Dundas; Henry (1742-1811); 1st Viscount Melville; Lord Advocate of Scotland 1775-17831742-1811
NA41457Ogilvie; William (1740-1832); Mr; tutor to the children of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Leinster; m. Emilia M. Fitzgerald Duchess of Leinster 17741740-1832
NA905Bentinck; William H.C. Cavendish- (1738-1809); 3rd Duke of Portland; succ. 17621738-1809
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