Kalm's account of his visit to England on his way to America in 1748 . tfor ;£io,ooo. One of the conditions of sale binds the purchaser to cleareverything away, even to the foundation, by Lady Day, 1825. The biddingscommenced at ;£ 1,000, &c, &c. Thus is sacrificed to extravagance and gambling a mansion which costin its erection more than ^360,000, and which has no equal in the county ofEssex. Ann. Reg., 1825, p. 280. Deaths. Sept. 12th. At Richmond, aged 35, Mrs. Wellesley-Pole-Long-Wellesley. On the 19th, the remains of this amiable unfortunate lady wereremoved from Richmond on their way to
Kalm's account of his visit to England on his way to America in 1748 . tfor ;£io,ooo. One of the conditions of sale binds the purchaser to cleareverything away, even to the foundation, by Lady Day, 1825. The biddingscommenced at ;£ 1,000, &c, &c. Thus is sacrificed to extravagance and gambling a mansion which costin its erection more than ^360,000, and which has no equal in the county ofEssex. Ann. Reg., 1825, p. 280. Deaths. Sept. 12th. At Richmond, aged 35, Mrs. Wellesley-Pole-Long-Wellesley. On the 19th, the remains of this amiable unfortunate lady wereremoved from Richmond on their way to Draycot in Wiltshire, the seat ofLady Tilney, there to be deposited in the family vault, &c. Tourists Essex. E. Walford, i2mo., Lond., 1882. The house was pulled down, to pay his debts, in 1822-23, and his w^edied soon after from a broken heart. William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, the husband of Mrs. Wellesley-Pole-Long-Wellesley, succeeded to the Earldom of Mornington in 1845, anddied 1st July, 1857. (Burkes Peerage.) [J. L.] SIC transit gloria
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