to his mother, August 11, 1809.) The lease of Newstead terminated in April, 1808.
[cross-reference: return to footnote of Letter 15]
[cross-reference: return to Footnote 7 of Letter 128]
Probably the wife of General the Hon. William Harcourt (1742-1830), who distinguished himself in the War of American Independence, succeeded his only brother in 1809 as third (and last) Earl Harcourt, was created a field-marshal in 1821, and died in 1830. He married, in 1778, Mary, daughter of the Rev. William Danby, and widow of Thomas Lockhart. She died in 1833.