The Hothams : being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers . Commonwealth ; but in1649 Charles I was beheaded, and in 1651 the Civil War cameto an end with the defeat of Charles H at the Battle ofWorcester. Before that date, however, this young Hotham had in onerespect emulated the example of his immediate predecessorsin that he married when only eighteen years of age. In 1650he became the husband of Elizabeth, only daughter of Sapcote,second Viscount Beaumont of Swords in Ireland, a lady wholater, in order to distinguish her
The Hothams : being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers . Commonwealth ; but in1649 Charles I was beheaded, and in 1651 the Civil War cameto an end with the defeat of Charles H at the Battle ofWorcester. Before that date, however, this young Hotham had in onerespect emulated the example of his immediate predecessorsin that he married when only eighteen years of age. In 1650he became the husband of Elizabeth, only daughter of Sapcote,second Viscount Beaumont of Swords in Ireland, a lady wholater, in order to distinguish her from others who then alsobore her married name, was known to her husbands familyas the Lady Beaumont Hotham. The portraits of the young couple, both of unusual interest,were taken four years after their union, when John Hothamwas still only twenty-two years of age. Singularly childishand innocent they lookâmere boy and girl, yet there isstrength as well as individuality in both faces. The silkenlocks which frame the pleasing countenance of John Hothamfall back from a forehead full of intellect; there is a guileless- 100. SIR JOHN HOTHAM, THE 2ND BAR(?NETTHE REVOLUTION SIR JOHNPaijitcd in 1^34 THE REVOLUTION SIR JOHN* loi ness in his expression which proclaims him worthy of trustyet no weakling ; his mouth is firm ; his glance is direct andsincere. In the soft round face of his sedate little bride, thedemureness of the Puritan seems to belie the lurking mis-chief in the eyes, the suppressed smile of her pretty, poutingmouth. Her dress, in its stiff outline, bespeaks the severityof the Protectorate ; her hair is brushed back relentlesslyfrom a brow whence are banished too the quaint curls affectedby the ladies of Charless reign ; yet the ringlets massedbehind her ears convey a subtle suggestion of coquetry, andher expression, if staid, is kindly and wondrous wise. Aclever little lady was she, with a business capacity of whichher husband was well aware, since, during his enforce
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