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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
- M - FitzHerbert of Tissington: records - [12th-20th cent]
  - F - FAMILY

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D239/M/F/6525-6548
Title	Letters to his son William, while his son was visiting Barbados
Date	1771
Description	including - 18 February: sees little of the Devonshires or [John] Wilkes now ... - 17 April: hopes he will not act precipitously in appointing an overseer at Turners Hall; fears for the security of his own parliamentary seat in Derby "as the Cavendishes will most likely not join me openly as formerly" - 29 April: "my heart bleeds for you and your health"; will sell the English estates to meet debts, if necessary - 1 July: reports attempts to get William a diplomatic posting - 4 October: "I cannot say much for I am afflicted with the nervous headach I had some years ago, & terrible spirits. God grant you may never know them
Extent	24 items
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Format	Document
Term	Letters (documents)

Places

Place (click for further details)	Type
Barbados	Country
Turners Hall Plantation	Settlement

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