. Anne Seymour Damer. A woman of art and fashion, 1748-1828 . r on it, and afterwaiting a little while poured out the tea as hethought, remarking that it was the very worsttea he had ever tasted. Mr. Darner told him hedid not in the least doubt it, for he had made itof bread and butter, which he had been rollinground his fingers. Before the wedding Lady Ailesbury gave39 ANNE SEYMOUR DAMER another party, at which a natural daughter ofLord Pigotts, nine or ten years of age, sang songsfrom comic operas, and imitated well-knownactors, an accomplishment which Lady Marythought more extraordinary tha
. Anne Seymour Damer. A woman of art and fashion, 1748-1828 . r on it, and afterwaiting a little while poured out the tea as hethought, remarking that it was the very worsttea he had ever tasted. Mr. Darner told him hedid not in the least doubt it, for he had made itof bread and butter, which he had been rollinground his fingers. Before the wedding Lady Ailesbury gave39 ANNE SEYMOUR DAMER another party, at which a natural daughter ofLord Pigotts, nine or ten years of age, sang songsfrom comic operas, and imitated well-knownactors, an accomplishment which Lady Marythought more extraordinary than desirable; shesays that there were between forty and fiftypersons present; the music was followed by cardsand supper. Lady Mary took Miss Conway tothe opera on one other occasion before hermarriage on May 22nd. She says that when shearrived at her box with Lady Jane Scott, shefound not only Miss Conway, whom she hadinvited, but also her sister, the Duchess ofRichmond, was with her, though Lady Maryremarks, she was not sorry, as the box held fourladies. 40. HER MAKRJAGE CHAPTER VI HER MARRIAGE On Sunday, June 14, 1767, at Park Place,1 AnneSeymour Conway was married to the HonourableJohn Darner, the eldest son of Lord Milton, whoas Joseph Darner had been member of Parliamentfor Weymouth, was created a peer in 1762, andlater became Earl of Dorchester. John Darnersmother was the Lady Caroline Sackville, daughterof the first Duke of Dorset. The bride was inher eighteenth year and the bridegroom but fiveyears her senior; the marriage at the time gavegreat pleasure to both families. The following is the announcement of the wed-ding from the London Evening Post, Saturday,June 13 to Tuesday, June 16, 1767 : Sunday, was married at Park Place, the Hon. , eldest son of Lord Milton, to Miss Conway,daughter of the Right Hon. Henry Seymour Con-way, Esq.; who, together with his Lady, the The marriage took place in the house by special licence, probablyowing to the fact that the Pari
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