The Hothams : being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers . life from thestandpoint of the careless and gay ; she was ready to promoteinnocent frivolity ; she could even feel worldly ambition forthe young lives with which she delighted to surround more, devoid of the cynicism and affectation of herbrother, she had yet, as Horace Walpole points out, all hiswit, and the few letters from her which have survivedexhibit a quaint humour which is singularly attractive. The earUest recollection of little Sir Charles Ho
The Hothams : being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers . life from thestandpoint of the careless and gay ; she was ready to promoteinnocent frivolity ; she could even feel worldly ambition forthe young lives with which she delighted to surround more, devoid of the cynicism and affectation of herbrother, she had yet, as Horace Walpole points out, all hiswit, and the few letters from her which have survivedexhibit a quaint humour which is singularly attractive. The earUest recollection of little Sir Charles Hotham who,at the age of two, became head of his family, must have been associated with the beautiful garden of Campden House andwith the presiding influence there, the mother who befriended ;all and seemed beloved by all, a gracious presence beneath •whose auspices his fairy-like surroundings waxed yet morelovely. But soon there came into his life a fresh element, forthere arrived as a visitor in his home a cousin and namesake 1 Memoirs of the Reign of George II, by John, Lord Hervey. (Ed. 1884.)Vol. II, page 362, note GERTRUDE IIOTHAM, NKE STANHOPE WIFE OF THE 5TH BARONET OB. 1775 A FRIEND OF WHITEFIELD 241 •six years his senior, another Charles Hotham/ the eldest sonof his uncle Beaumont Hotham, his fathers younger brother.^This older Charles, whose parents were then living in Scotland,was sent to London in order that he might attend a preparatoryschool for Westminster, and his holidays were subsequentlypassed under the motherly care of Lady Gertrude. But in1742 the parents of the young visitor removed to London, andby and by there came also to Campden House his four youngerbrothers, John, Wilham, Beaumont and George Hotham, alldestined in later life to become distinguished men. Thestrong, handsome boys made the old pleasaunce ring with theirmerry voices ; and if to Lady Gertrude the spectacle of thosefine, healthy sons of her brother-in-law held an element ofsad
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