My Friends and Acquaintance
Lady Blessington IV
Countess of Blessington to Peter George Patmore, 15 April [1837]
“Gore House, Saturday, April 15.
“My dear Mr. Patmore,—The
house in St. James’s Square has been resigned by me to the executors of
Lord Blessington, Messrs.
Norman and Worthington, North
Frederick Street, Dublin. They may be written to. Another party is in treaty
for the house—a Sir W. Boyd; so that if
your friend wishes to secure it, no time should be lost. There are about four
years of the lease to expire. The rent paid for the house is 840l. a year, unfurnished and exclusive of taxes. The
Wyndham Club paid 1350l. for it furnished. The furniture
is now in a bad state, and the executors would let it either with or without
the furniture, for the whole term, for little more than the rent they pay.
“I regret exceedingly to hear that you ![]()
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have been unwell, and shall have great pleasure in an
opportunity of judging that your health is quite re-established, whenever you
have time to call at Gore House.
“Believe me, dear Mr.
Patmore,
“Very sincerely yours,
“M. Blessington.”
Sir William Boyd (1802 c.-1874)
A graduate of Edinburgh University, he was a writer and physician, knighted in 1833,
author of
A History of Literature, 4 vols (1843).
Charles John Gardiner, first earl of Blessington (1782-1829)
The son of Luke Gardiner, first Viscount Mountjoy, educated at Eton. After a second
marriage to Lady Blessington in 1818 he traveled on the Continent with his wife and Count
D'Orsay, residing in Naples and Paris.
Peter George Patmore [Tims] (1786-1855)
English writer and friend of Charles Lamb and Leigh Hunt; an early contributor to
Blackwood's, he was John Scott's second in the fatal duel, editor of
the
Court Journal, and father of the poet Coventry Patmore.
