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Windsor June. 1794. [[note]] Friday 13th [[/note]] Lrd Harcourt told Us that the Dowager Ldy Ravensworth dyed last Night at Her House in the Country. She was a Miss Boldmy Mother to Ldy Ossery & Lrd mother to the Duke of Graftons 3 Elder Children, namely Lrd Euston, Ldy Georgina Smith, & Lrd Charles Fitzroy, to whom she has left the Bulk of Her Fortune. [[note]] Saturday 14th [[/note]] This Morning I received the Melancholy account of my Elder Brothers Death which happened on the 2nd of the month at Strelitz. He Succeeded Our Uncle Adolphus the 2nd in the year 1751. & consequently reigned 43 years & 5 months wanting one Day, & He is succeeded