The aim of Transcribe Georgian Papers is to produce useable text documents of the manuscript materials and not critical editions. Please be aware this document may contain errors in the transcription.
Found an error? Please report errors and issues in the transcription to transcribegpp@wm.edu.
The Reverend Lord Augustus FitzClarence must have joined the Navy at the same early age [[deletion]] that [[/deletion]] [[addition]] as [[/addition]] his two elder brothers [[deletion]] judg [[/deletion]] Referring to him in a letter, some years later, Monkton Milnesays, [[addition]] (1) [[/addition]] FitzClarence was the [[underline]] [[foreign: Latin]] arbiter elegantum [[/foreign]] [[/underline]] of Cambridge and the aristocracy and carried all before him [[addition]] . [[/addition]] Lord Agustus entered the Church and in 1826 he succeeded Archbishop Sumner, [[addition]] (2) [[/addition]] when he was translated to the Bishopric of Cheshire, as Rector of Maple Durham, a living in the gift of Eton College. The Rectory was enlarged for [[deletion]] him [[/deletion]] [[addition]] [[deletion]] Lord Augustus, [[/deletion]] him [[/addition]] a model dairy being one of the things which were [[deletion]] provided, [[/deletion]] [[addition]] installed [[/addition]] The Duke and Du[[addition]] s [[/addition]]chess of Clarence used to drive over constantly to Maple Durham Rectory, and when the Duke became King he gave a fountain for the garden and had cedars planted round it. Lord Augustus had many devoted friends of both sexes; one of them was Fanny Kemble, [[deletion]] and [[/deletion]] we have [[addition]] the [[/addition]] miniature of herself which she gave him; the Sheridan family [[addition]] , [[/addition]] equally were great friends [[deletion]] of his [[/deletion]]; [[addition]] [[deletion]] Lord Augustus's [[/deletion]] [[/addition]] we have signed copies of Mrs. Norton's books, [[addition]] and [[/addition]] some amusing caricatures done by the Duchess of Somerset, [[addition]] other [[/addition]] close friends were Mr Bernal Osborne [[addition]] , [[/addition]] and Mr. Alfred Montgomery. In 1845. Lord Augustus married Sarah, eldest daughter of Lord Henry Gordon, 3rd son of the [[deletion]] 11 [[/deletion]] [[addition]] 9 [[/addition]]th Marquis of Huntly; she was only seventeen at the time of her marriage, and [[underline]] was very lovely [[/underline]]; Lord Augustus, who was [[addition]] (1) Later Lord Haughton (2) Afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury [[/addition]]
