COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Hamilton Papers
Record
Image Number:
HAM14512.pdf
Reference Number:
HAM/1/4/5/12
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Correspondence from the Hamilton Family
Parent Work Title:
Letter from Lady Catherine Hamilton to Mary Hamilton
Creator:
Hamilton, Catherine, Lady, 1738-1782
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1779-01-28
Description:
The letter is concerned with the Court of Naples, the death of the hereditary Prince and the Queen's political ambitions. Lady Catherine Hamilton and Sir William have been at their villa in Caserta since the 13 December, excepting for one night when they gave a dinner for 44 English who are in Naples. She notes that the English are not pleased that she and her husband are so far away from Naples 'though they have reason to be satisfied as they all come to dine with us every time they come to Caserta'. Lady Catherine Hamilton writes of Sir William often going shooting with the King at times as much as four times a week and that Sir William often returns with the King to the Palace whilst the French and Spanish ministers usually go only once a week, usually together 'as if to keep one another in continence'. She writes that it is her belief that 'this is the most extraordinary Court in Europe'. Lady Catherine Hamilton lists the various positions and numbers at Court and writes on Court etiquette. Lady Catherine Hamilton also writes on the Queen's political ambitions and she believes that she wants the 'Reins of Government' in her own hands. The King, she notes is not used to 'any serious application [and] is glad when he is tired...with memorials & affairs of state to take up his Gloves & leave the...[business] to the queen who has sufficient but to make him think, that she is only the instrument of fulfilling the plans he has himself laid'. Lady Catherine Hamilton reports that Lady Maynard has returned to Naples for another attempt at being received into company which she describes in detail. Dated at Caserta.
Language Code:
eng-IT
Subject:
Letters
Subject:
Naples (Kingdom)--Court and courtiers
Subject:
Naples (Kingdom)--Social life and customs
Subject:
Death
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Campania: Caserta
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
Italy: Campania: Caserta
Places Covered:
Italy: Campania: Napoli: Naples
People Covered:
Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
People Covered:
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803
People Covered:
Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1751-1825
People Covered:
Maria Carolina, Queen, consort of Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1752-1814
People Covered:
Hamilton, Catherine, Lady, 1738-1782
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions may apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2011-03-23
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Mary Hamilton Papers
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