The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart
Chapter 22: 1850-53
John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 12 May 1851
“May 12, 1851.
“Dear Cha,—I shall
say nothing more but that I hope and pray what you have done may prove
beneficial to your comfort and happiness. This is my only concern. It can in no
way affect my feelings to Hope, nor, most
surely, towards you.
“In case you have any country folks that would like
to see Northumberland House or Syon, I send tickets, and have more, if wished
for, at your command.
“We had a Protection party—the Stanleys, Eglintons, &c., &c., but pleasant enough on the whole.
The great Lord and Lady themselves most kind.—Yours ever affectionately,
James Robert Hope-Scott (1812-1873)
The son of General Hon. Sir Alexander Hope; in 1847 he married Charlotte Harriet Jane
Lockhart, daughter of the editor of the
Quarterly Review. He was a
barrister and Queen's Counsel.
John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854)
Editor of the
Quarterly Review (1825-1853); son-in-law of Walter
Scott and author of the
Life of Scott 5 vols (1838).
Edward John Stanley, second baron Stanley (1802-1869)
The son of John Thomas Stanley, first Baron Stanley, educated at Christ Church, Oxford;
he was Whig MP for Hindon (1831), North Cheshire (1832-41, 1847-48), raised to the peerage
as baron Eddisbury (1848), president of the Board of Trade (1855-58) and postmaster-general
(1860-66).