. The Houblon family, its story and times. of the Gentle-men of the Militia, for standincj out so nobly in its defence. It is an honor to you as well as a real service at this time to the Kingdom. His Majesty (Lord Oxford was Lord of the Bed-chamber to George in.) is sensible of it. I hopethe people are so also. Not only the Houblons, but theCotton family experienced a greatloss the following year by the deathof the elder Mrs. Houblon at the ageof sixty-three. On Mr. Wogansdeath, which took place in 1778, andthe removal of his widow and to Tunbridge Wells, and Laetitia
. The Houblon family, its story and times. of the Gentle-men of the Militia, for standincj out so nobly in its defence. It is an honor to you as well as a real service at this time to the Kingdom. His Majesty (Lord Oxford was Lord of the Bed-chamber to George in.) is sensible of it. I hopethe people are so also. Not only the Houblons, but theCotton family experienced a greatloss the following year by the deathof the elder Mrs. Houblon at the ageof sixty-three. On Mr. Wogansdeath, which took place in 1778, andthe removal of his widow and to Tunbridge Wells, and Laetitia had left StokeHouse, and taken possession ofThremhall Priory. Writing to SirJohn Cotton in April this year from the seat of the war, Charles Cotton speaks with pleasure of this change, which he well knew would be agreeable ^ His seat. - Lord Oxford when Lord Harley, ii July 1751, married Susanna, daughterof William Archer, Esq., of Welford. He succeeded as fourth earl, April1755, and died 8 October 1790. Lady Oxford ob. 10 November Laetitia, 1778 172 TPiE HOUBLON FAMILY to his aunt and cousin, and in the same letter refersto both her sons—the Mr. Houblons—being with theirregiment. Her new abode was not to be long enjoyed, 1779 for Mrs. Houblon died on the 19th of May 1779. Acurious little incident shows her political sympathies tohave been unchanged from those of her early draft for her will, drawn up in 1776, bears a seal,on which the head of poor Prince Charlie is engraved. A quaint relic of family history is now in the posses-sion of the descendant of a relation of both Cottonsand Houblons. Originally the property of Mrs. MaryHoublon, it was subsequently given by a memberof the family—-probably by Laetitia—to the grand-daughter of Lady St. John, who had been so dear afriend to all the cousinhood. It is a small gold box orbonbonniere, encircled with rows of alternate rubies,diamonds, and emeralds, between which its owner hadcaused to be engraved the
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