Other Events:

• Presentation at Court: 20 Jul 1837, Lady Jemima Eliot by the Countess of Charlemont
• Visiting: Sep 1843, Lord E and Jemima Tour Lakes of Killarney
• Visiting: 13 Oct 1851, Earl and Countess St G Leave Dover Street for Continental Tour
• Visiting: Mar 1852, Earl and Countess St G Tour Italy and France
• Visiting: 02 May 1855, Attends Queen's Drawing Room
• Residence: 29 Dec 1862, Arrives at Dover-street from Port Eliot
• Probate: 08 Jul 1878, Cornwall Principal Registry

Jemima married 3rd Earl St. Germans, Edward Granville Eliot on 02 Sep 1824 in St. James, Westminster, London. Edward (son of 2nd Earl St. Germans, William Eliot and Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower) was born on 29 Aug 1798 in Plymouth, Devon; was christened on 04 Oct 1798 in St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,; died on 07 Oct 1877 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was buried on 16 Oct 1877 in Eliot Family Plot, St. Germans, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:

• "Exeter Flying Post" 09 Sep 1824, page 4:
MARRIED.
On Thursday, in London, Lord Eliot, eldest son of the Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans, to Lady Anne Cornwallis, grand-daughter of the late Marquis Cornwallis.

• "Morning Post" 6 Sep 1824, page 3:
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.
On Thursday last, was married at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, by the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Bayning, Lord Eliot, only son of the Earl of St. Germans, to the Right Hon. Lady Jemima Cornwallis, third daughter of the late Marquis Cornwallis. The lovely bride, who is the universal favourite of a numerous circle of friends, was given away by the Viscount Sydney, and attended to the Altar by her amiable sisters, the Ladies Lousia, Mary, and Elizabeth Cornwallis, and Lady Jemima Mann, as bridesmaids.

After the ceremony, the happy pair set off in a new travelling chariot and four, for Woburn Abbey, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Bedford.

Amongst the company we noticed ---
The Marchioness Cornwallis, Earl of St. Germans, Lady Caroline Eliot, Lady Susan and Colonel Lygon, Duke of Norfolk, Hon. Sophia and Mary Townshend (Lord Sydney's daughters), Hon. Caroline and Emily Townshend (Lord Bayning's sisters), Miss Sinderby, Mr. Hamilton, and the Rev. Henry Hasted.

In the evening, the Marchioness Cornwallis entertained the Wedding Party with a sumptuous dinner, at the house of her Grace the Duchess Richmond, in Waterloo-place, where her Ladyship is at present residing. We feel assured that the friends of both families will join with us, in wishing that this auspicious union may be productive of the most permanent felicity to the amiable pair, who, from the high character his Lordship bears, appear to have an equal claim to "Heaven's choicest gifts."

1. Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot was born on 17 Dec 1825 in 47 Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London, Middlesex; was christened on 17 Jan 1826 in St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,; died on 15 Jan 1911 in 38 Eccleston Square, Westminster, London; was buried on 20 Jan 1911 in Family Vault, Pilltown, County Killkenny, Ireland.
2. Edward John Cornwallis Eliot was born on 02 Apr 1827 in Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was christened on 16 May 1827 in St. George, Hanover Square, London; died on 26 Nov 1864 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was buried on 03 Dec 1864 in Eliot Family Plot, St. Germans, Cornwall, England.
3. Granville Charles Cornwallis Eliot was born on 09 Sep 1828 in Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was christened on 07 Oct 1828 in St. George, Hanover Square, London; died on 05 Nov 1854 in Battle of Inkerman, Crimea in the Ukraine; was buried on 06 Nov 1854 in Cathcart's Hill, Crimea.
4. 4th Earl of St. Germans, William Gordon Cornwallis Eliot was born on 14 Dec 1829 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was christened on 10 Feb 1830 in St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,; died on 19 Mar 1881 in 13 Grosvenor Gardens, London; was buried on 24 Mar 1881 in Kensal Green, London (Plot 269, Old Square 167 now Square 183).
5. Ernest Cornwallis Eliot was born on 28 Apr 1831 in Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was christened on 30 Jul 1831 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London; died on 16 Jan 1832 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was buried on 23 Jan 1832 in Eliot Family Vault, Old Cemetery, St. Germans, Cornwall.
6. Elizabeth Harriet Cornwallis Eliot was born on 24 Aug 1833 in Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was christened on 23 Sep 1833 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London; died on 16 Mar 1835 in 47 Dover St., Piccadilly, St. James, Westminster; was buried on 20 Mar 1835 in Kensal Green, London (Plot 269, Old Square 167 now Square 183).
7. 5th Earl St. Germans, Henry Cornwallis Eliot was born on 11 Feb 1835 in Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was christened on 21 Mar 1835 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London; died on 24 Sep 1911 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was buried on 27 Sep 1911 in Eliot Family Plot, St. Germans, Cornwall, England.
8. Charles George Cornwallis Eliot was born on 16 Oct 1839 in 47 Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London, Middlesex; was christened on 21 Nov 1839 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London; died on 22 May 1901 in 8 Onslow-gardens, Kensington, London; was buried on 25 May 1901 in Port Eliot Vault, St. Germans, Cornwall.

Notes:

--- "The Scots Magazine" 01 Oct 1774, page 54:
Oct. 22. The Countess of Cornwallis, of a son.

--- "Derby Mercury" 29 Dec 1785, page 2:
Anecdote of Lord Brome.--- Some years ago, when his Father, Earl Cornwallis, was in America, his Lordship, then about eleven or twelve years old, ahd committed some childish fault, for which he was chid by his Aunt, the Lady of his great Uncle, the late Archbishop of Canterbury, at whose Palace, at Lambeth, the child was brought up; this good lady accompanied her rebuke with a mild reomnstrance and wholesome advice. The boy listened very attentively to what she had said; and having kept silence for some minutes, while he seemed to be meditating upon what he heard, he at last said -- "Aunt, I very much pity Eve." "My dear," replied the Lady, "what brought Eve to your recollection on this occasion?" "Why, Ma'am," answered his Lordshiop, "what you have just said to me: I was in the high road to be a naughty boy; but your good counsel stopped me short, and shewed me my error -- Now I was thinking that poor Eve was to be pitited; for when she was tempted by the Serpent to go astray, and do what would offend God, she had not a good Aunt by her side to give her wholesome advice, and preserve her from the danger she was going to fall into." So solid a remakr from so young a boy, and so expressive of gratitude, may make his relations and his Country, which has an interest in him, augur well of his head and his heart.

--- "Cambridge Chronicle and Journal" Friday, 15 Aug 1823, page 3:
On Saturday last, at his mansion in Old Burlington-street, the Most Noble Charles, Marquis Cornwallis, Earl Cornwallis, Viscount Brome, Baron Cornwallis, of Eye, and a Baronet, Master of the Stage Hounds, Colonel of the East Suffolk Militia, and Recorder of the borough of Eye. --- By his family and his friends their loss will be severely felt, and in the neighbourhood of his estates, upon which he constantly RESIded, he will long be regretted for the mildness and urbanity of his manners, and the suavity and benevolence of his disposition. His Lordship was in his 49th year; he succeeded his father, the first Marquis, and the illustrious Governor General of India, who died at Gauzepoor, in Bengal, on the 5th of October 1805. His Lordship dying without male heirs, the Marquisate is extinct; the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, his uncle, succeeds to the Earldom only, by descent from his father the first Earl.

--- "Perthshire Courier" 22 Aug 1823, page 2:
The remains of Charles Second Marquis of Cornwallis, were on monday morning removed from Old Burlington-street, to be deposited in the family vault at Culford, near Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, at which place the body will lay in state for one day. His remains will be attended by his Lordship's tenantry, and the bier supported by the domestics of the family; Lords Sydney and Braybroke will attend as chief mourners, and the Marchioness and her family (five amiable daughters) have been inconsolable ever since his decease, and were yesterday evening removed to the house of the Bishop of Litchfield in Hill-street, on whom the title descends. --- His Lordship died in his 49th year.

Charles married Louisa Gordon on 17 Apr 1797 in St. George, Hanover Square, London. Louisa (daughter of 4th Duke of Gordon, Alexander Gordon and Jane Maxwell) was born on 27 Dec 1776 in Gordon Castle, Gight, Moray, Scotland; died on 05 Dec 1850 in 12 Park Crescent, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- Portraits Listed in Various Places:
- Sir Thomas Lawrence - Displayed at R.A. 1795 No. 189? "Portrait of a Lady of Quality". The portrait of Lady Louisa Gordon is given to A. Hickel in the R.A. Catalogue, probably in error.
- Daniel Gardner - Pastel Rectangular, 10-1/2x9".
- Bought in Dorking by Mrs. Willett, Arnold House, Brighton (bef. 1921)
- Miniature in the Collection of the Duchess of Bedford
- Miniature in Port Eliot Collection, no artist attributed.

--- "Morning Post" 14 Feb 1801, page 3:
Lady Louisa Brome has taken up her residence in Cavendish-square.

--- "Saint James's Chronicle" 04 Jun 1818, page 4:
The Prince Regent had a grand assembly at Carlton-house on Tuesday night, in honour of the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The exterior of the building was illuminated, and the interior was decorated with fragrant plants brought expressly from Kew. The company began to arrive a quarter before ten, and continued to set down till near twelve. Notwithstanding the rapid succession of carriages, only one accident occurred, and that to the Marchioness Cornwallis, who fell from the steps of her carriage, owing to an unexpected motion of her horses. She was severely bruised on her side, and was taken up in a state of insensibility by the Marquis and others. The Regent's attendants used all possible means for her recovery.

--- "Morning Advertiser" 05 Jun 1818, page 2:
The Marchioness Cornwallis, who met with an accident in going to the Prince Regent's party on Tuesday night, was yesterday much better.

--- "Westmorland Gazette" 13 Jun 1818, page 4:
An untoward accident happened on Monday night, the 1st inst. to the Marchioness of Cornwallis, while alighting from her carriage, at the Prince's grand party. The coachman having slackened the reins, the horses moved on, when her Ladyship fell with her side against the step; by which she was so much hurt as to be rendered insensible for a time. We are happy to add, by proper restoratives, she speedily recovered.

--- "Cumberland Pacquet" 19 Jun 1820, page 2:
Prince Leopold has recently turned his mind to Conchology, and intends to form a Museum of the first description. The two finest collections of shells at present in this kingdom, are those of the Earl of Tankerville and Mrs. Angus. The Marchioness of Cornwallis is also collecting unique specimens in that branch of Natural History.

--- "London Standard" Saturday, 07 Dec 1850, page 2:
DEATH OF THE MARCHIONESS CORNWALLIS
This noble and venerable lady, whose demise we announced yesterday, at her mansion in Park-crescent, in her 74th year, was fourth daughter of Alexander, fourth Duke of Gordon, and sister to the late duke, and also to the late Duchess of Richmond, the present Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and the late Duchess of Manchester. Her ladyship married Charles, second Marquis Cornwallis, 17th April, 1797, who died 9th August, 1823. Her ladyship has left issue, five daughters--- namely, the Countess of St. Germans, Lady Braybrooke, Lady Mary Ross, and the Ladies Louisa and Elizabeth Cornwallis.

--- "Essex Herald" 17 Dec 1850, page 4:
FUNERAL OF THE LATE MARCHIONESS OF CORNWALLIS.--- On Wednesday morning, the mortal remains of the late Marchioness of Cornwallis, whose death is noticed in our last paper, were removed from her ladyship's late residence, No. 12 Park-crescent, Portland-place, to the Eastern Counties Railway, for its final resting place in the family vault at Eye church, Suffolk, between Ipswich and Norwich. The principal mourners were the Earl of Cornwallis, Duke of Richmond, Duke of Manchester, and several other distinguished persons.

--- "Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser" Wednesday, 18 Dec 1850, page 4:
DEATHS. Dec. 5, at 12, Park Crescent, London, in the 74th year of her age, Louisa, Marchioness Cornwallis.

--- "Essex Standard" 20 Dec 1850, page 2:
SAFFRON WALDEN.
THE LATE MARCHIONESS CORNWALLIS.--- The remains of this much-beloved lady were deposited in the family vault at Culford Church, near Bury St. Edmund's, on Wednesday, the 11th inst. The funeral, by her Ladyship's express desire, was strictly private, being attended only by the nearest relatives of the deceased. The body was brought to Bury on the preceding evening, and remained at the Angel Inn for the night. The family arrived by special train at a quarter before twelve in the morning, having left London at nine, and immediately proceeded to Culford, where the procession was formed at the Hall farm, and moved on foot, the corpse born by 12 men, to the Church. The mourners were Lord and Lady Braybrooke, and the Hon. Messrs. and Misses Neville; the Earl and Countess St. Germans, and the Hon. Mr. Eliot; Mr. and Lady Mary Ross, Messrs. and Miss Jemima Ross, and Mr. and Mrs. Whatman; Lady Louisa and Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis. The service was performed by the Rev. J. Anderson, late of Brighton; the Rev. F. Cheere, Rector of Ingham, and the Rev. W. Pridden, Rector of West Stow, being also in attendance. Many of the old servants and inhabitants of the surrounding villages, who experienced the fostering care of her ladyship and the family were present, and several persons from Bury; and much feeling of regret and sad remembrance of the past was evinced on the occasion. The family immediately afterwards returned to town. An impressive sermon on the event was preached at Culford Church on Sunday last, by the Rev. E. Hogg, Rector of Fornham, upon the 3rd ch. of Ecclesiastics, ver. 15. -- Bury Post.

--- "The Gentleman's Magazine" Volume 35, January 1851, page 91:
THE MARCHIONESS CORNWALLIS
Dec. 5. At her residence in Park Crescent, in her 74th year, the Most Noble Louisa Marchioness Cornwallis.
Louisa Marchioness Cornwallis was born at Gordon Castle, in the county of Bamff, on the 19th Oct. 1774, the fourth daughter of Alexander 4th Duke of Gordon, K.P. by Jane, second daughter of Sir William Maxwell, of Monreith, co. Wigton, Bart. She was sister to the late Duke of Gordon; and his other sisters were the late Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, Lady Madelina Palmer, the present Duchess dowager of Bedford, and the late Duchess of Manchester. Lady Louisa Gordon was married on the 17th April, 1797, at the Duke of Gordon's house in Piccadilly, to Charles Lord Viscount Brome, who in 1805 succeeded his father as second Marquess Cornwallis. He died without male issue on the 9th Aug. 1823. Her ladyship has left five daughters: the Countess of St. Germans, Lady Braybrooke, the Lady Mary Ross, and the Ladies Louisa and Elizabeth Cornwallis.

"Endowed with a strong, intelligent, and inquiring mind, and great energy of character, in the pursuit of science, the study of natural history, or the more trifling occupations of the needle and works of fancy, this lady equally succeeded, and has left numberless proofs of her ingenuity and untiring industry. Taking the lead in society, from her rank and station, she was universally looked up to, whilst she was affable and courteous to all; the friend of innocent cheerfulness, and the ready promoter of whatever was for the general good. They who had the happiness of knowing her when at Culford (near Bury St. Edmunds) need not be reminded of her domestic virtues, and her incessant activity and anxiety for the welfare of all around her; visiting the poor, superintending personally her village school, in which she took and intense interest, watching incessantly to administer to the relief and comfort of her neighbours, and thinking only by what means she best might do them good. After leaving Culford, the scene of her usefulness was changed, but its efficiency was not lessened; and she was never forgetful of her former friends, always evincing a lively interest in their welfare, and, with the different members of her family, contributing largely to the bazaars in aid of the hospital. These qualities are remembered by many still remaining, who experienced the blessing of such a friend and benefactor, and have raised a lasting monument in their hearts and affections." (Bury Post)

The remains of this much beloved lady were deposited in the family vault at Culford Church, by the side of her late husband, on Thursday, Dec. 12. The funeral, by her ladyship's express desire, was strictly private, being attended only by the five daughters of the deceased, their husbands, and ten of her grand-children. The procession was formed at the Hall Farm at Culford, and moved on foot to the church, the corpse being borne by twelve men. The service was performed by the Rev. James Anderson, Preacher at Lincoln's Inn; the Rev. f. Cheere, Curate of Ingham, and the Rev. W. Pridden, Rector of West Stow, being also in attendance. Many of the old servants and inhabitants of the surrounding villagers who had experienced the fostering care of her ladyship and the family, were present, and several persons from Bury. An impressive sermon on the sad event was preached at Culford Church on the following Sunday, by the Rev. Edward Hogg, Rector of Fornham St. Martin's, upon the 3rd chap. of Ecclesiastes, v. 15.

Notes:

Married:
• "The Register Book of Marriages Belonging to the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex" Vol. 2 1788 to 1809, pub. 1888, page 163:
1797. April 17 - The Rt Hon. Charles Cornwallis, Viscount Brome, B., & the Hon. Lady Louisa Gordon, of this parish, S., a minor. Married by Special Licence in the dwelling-house of her father Alexr Gordon, Duke of Gordon, by me, "I. Lichfield & Coventry"*

* Witness, "Cornwallis," J. Gordon, and Wm Gordon.

• FMP Parish Records Collection:
License date: 15 Apr 1797
License date year: 1797
Bride's last name: GORDON
Bride's first name: Louisa
Dual date: 15 Apr 1797
Groom's last name: CORNWALLIS
Groom's first name: Cha's
Record source: Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations 1701-1850

Notes:

--- "Gloucester Journal" 03 Feb 1806, page 2:
In private life he was a most amiable man -- an affectionate relative, and a warm friend. Many years ago he lost his wife, to whom he was most tenderly attached, and her loss is supposed to have produced that air of melancholy and reserve which was frequently observable in him to the last moments of his life.

Charles married Tulleken Jemima Jones on 14 Jul 1768 in St. George Hanover Square, Westminster, London. Tulleken (daughter of James Jones and Jemima or Mary Tulleken) was born about 1747; died on 14 Feb 1779; was buried on 19 Feb 1779 in St. Mary's, Culford, Suffolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

-- Signed "Tulleken Jemima Jones" on her marriage record.
Marriage Licence was given to Earl Cornwallis and Tulleken Jemima Jones.
Listed as Tulleken Jemima on the Baptism record for her daughter, Mary.
Transcription of the Baptism record for her son, Charles, gives it as Jemima Tullikens.

--- Great-grandfather had been a Dutch General William Tullekens.
--- Father was Colonel James Jones, Esq.
--- Buried at aged 31 years.

--- "Kentish Gazette" 20 Feb 1779, page 3:
Died. Sunday night, at Culford in Essex, the Right Hon. the Countess of Cornwallis, Lady of the present Earl.

--- "Lives of Indian Officers" Vol. 1 by Sir John Kaye, 1867, page 13:
. . . But the official answer of the King's Government had scarcely been received, when tidings reached Cornwallis that his wife was dying. The year was then far spent, and the army was going into winter-quarters; so he determined to RESIgn his command, and to set his face again towards England. The necessary permission was obtained from Clinton; and, in a state of extreme anxiety and depression, Cornwallis put himself on board ship. In the middle of the month of December he reached Culford. His wife was still alive; but all hope of her recovery had gone. It was now too late even for his presence to save. She survived her husband's return for two months, and then passed away to her rest.*

*Lady Cornwallis died on the 16th of February, 1779. The morbid fancy which she had expressed to be buried with a thorn-tree planted over her heart was complied with, and no name wass engraved on the slab which marked the place in teh vault at Culford where her remains were interred. Mr. Ross adds, that "the thorn-tree was necessarily removed in March, 1855, in consequence of alterations in the church: it was carefully replanted in the churchyard, but did not live more than three years afterwards." -- Cornwallis Correspondence. Ross.

--- "Somerset County Historical Quarterly"' Vol 5, 1916, page 16:
He [General Cornwallis] returned to England in January, 1778, but sailed again from St. Helens in the 'Trident' on the 21st of April, following. Lady Cornwallis and her children accompanied him to Portsmouth, and after his departure she returned to Culford, where she resumed the solitary life she had led since his first departure, but grief so preyed upon her health as to bring on a kind of jaundice, of which she eventually died, February,k 14, 1779. When Lord Cornwallis heard of her dangerous state, he threw up his command and again came to England, where he arrived a few weeks before her death.

Lady Cornwallis always declared to her confidential attendant that she was dying of a broken heart, and she requested that a thorn-tree should be planted above the vault when she was buried, as nearly as possible over her heart -- significant of the sorrow which destroyed her life. She also directed that no stone should be engraved to her memory. Both wishes were complied with.

--- "The Olden TIme" Vol. 2, 1848, page 366:
Concerning his career in America, Mr. Jesse does not know whether Lord Cornwallis "is most to be blamed or pitied for his memorable and inglorious surrender." Subsequently, both in India and Ireland, Marquis Cornwallis redeemed his reputation; or at all events showed that he was not wanting in the personal attributes of courage, energy, benevolence and military talents. In private life he seems to have been a most estimable character. Under date of April, 1771, Lord Carlisle sympathizes in his parting from his family. To this the editor has appended an interesting comment. "Lady Cornwallis, on the first tidings of her husband's appointment to serve in America, flew to hus uncle, Dr. Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury, and so deeply affected him by the anquish which she displayed at the thoughts of their separation, that by his means the king was induced to make an arrangement which superceded the appointment of Lord Cornwallis. The later, however, sacrificing his private feelings to the calls of duty and honor, immediately waited on the king, and expostulated so warmly on the injury which might accrue to his reputation, that the appointment was allowed to go forward. He departed on his expedition, and the following year Lady Cornwallis died, as there is every reason to believe, a martyr to the effects of this melancholy separation."

--- "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire" by H.W. Crocker, 2011, page 62:
In 1768, he married Jemima Tullekin Jones, the daughter of a regimental colonel. The couple was ardently devoted; it was alleged she died (in 1779) because hi long absences fighting the American colonists broke her heart. Her death, Cornwallis wrote, "effectually destroyed all my hopes of happiness in this world. I will not dwell on this wretched subject, the thoughts of which harrow up my soul."

--- "Washington and Cornwallis: The Battle for America" by Benton Rain Patterson, 2004, page 193:
On November 27, 1778, Cornwallis, along with the members of the failed Carlisle Peace Commission, who had been his fellow passengers on the voyage to America months earlier, sailed from Sandy Hook, bound for Plymouth, England

His ship reached Plymouth on December 19, and Cornwallis arrived in London on December 23. Apparently without discussing the matter with the secretary of state for American colonies, Goerge Germain, or the king, Cornwallis turned in his RESIgnation from the army. King George, probably sympathizing with him during the grave illness of Jemima, accepted the RESIgnation. Cornwallis then left London and hurried to his Suffolk estate and the bedside of his wife, whom he found, as he siad, in "a very weak state indeed," suffering apparently from a liver disease.

Through a cheerless Christmas and bleak January he remained with her, refusing to leave the manor to socialize with friends or to take care of business matters. Jemima's illness preoccupied him. "The very ill state of health in which I found Lady Cornwallis," he told Clinton in a letter, "has render'd me incapable of any attention but to her, and the thoughts of her danger is forever present in my mind."

On February 14, 1779, St. Valentine's Day, Cornwallis's beloved Jemima died.

Deeply grieving and inconsolable, he shut himself off from friends, refusing to see or talk to anyone except his closest family members. His emotions, normally held in check by aristocratic reserve, poured onto the pages of letters he wrote to those closest to him. He told his brother William that Jemima's death had "effectually destroyed all my hopes of happiness in this world." Merely the thought of her, he wrote, would "harrow up" his soul.

Alexander married Jane Maxwell. Jane was born in 1749 in Scotland; died on 11 Apr 1812 in London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser" 13 Apr 1812, page 2:
The Duchess of Gordon expired on Saturday, at the Pulteney hotel. Her Grace's disorder arose from a fall, as she was about to sit down; by which accident the spine became so much injured, as almost immediately to paralyse her whole frame.

---"Kentish Gazette" 17 Apr 1812, page 2:
The Most Noble Jane, Duchess of Gordon, who died on Saturday, was the second daughter of Sir William Maxwell, a Baronet, of Monreath, in the county of Galloway, and was early celebrated for her talents as well as her beauty. Her sprightly wit, her captivating manners, and her elegant person, made her the toast of the Caledonian circle: and in the bloom of her charms she had the ambition to do more than shine in an assembly, or excel in a dance. She aimed to gain the esteem and render herself worthy the friendship of all the most eminent Literati of her country; she was the correspondent of Lord Kaimes, of Dr. Beattie, of Dr. Rbertson, of Mr. Home, and the other eminent writers of that day; and in her very exclusive correspondence with these authors, she displayed a depth of reading, a solidity of judgment, and a taste in composition, which, if her letters should ever reach the public, would place her high in the estimation of the literary world, --- with all this she was in the society of the gayest of the gay. Wherever she came she made a sort of holiday, as was happily expressed in an Impromptu by the Honourable Henry Erskine, on her Grace's saying one day during the Leith races, that there was not likely to be any sport, so she would not go. "Not go," -- says Mr. Erskine --
"--- Why that is, as if the Sun should say,
A cold dark morning this, I will not rise to-day."
Miss Jane Maxwell was married to his Grace the Duke of Gordon on the 18th of October, 1767, by whom she had two sons and five daughters, all of whom are now living (except Lord Alexander), and all of whom she had the merit of educating, with that ability, zeal, and solicitude, which secured to her the satisfaction of splendid success. She gave to the world of fashion the example of a mother devoting every moment of her life to the happiness of her family, and she had the consolation of seeing the complete triumph of her affectionate exertions. Her son George, Marquis of Huntley, remains unmarried. --- Her daughter, Lady Charlotte, is Duchess of Richmod; Lady Madeline, married first Sir Robert Sinclair, Bart. and secondly to the --- Fysh Palmer, esq.; Lady Susan is now Duchess of Manchester; Lady Louisa is the Marchioness Cornwallis; and Lady Georgiana is Duchess of Bedford. So splendid an establishment of a family is without parallel in the history of the Peerage: and it is a circumstance as extraordiary, that all these distinguished persons surrounded the bed of their revered parent, when with pious gratitude to the Giver of all Good, she anticipated her dissolution.

On Friday last, when symptoms of mortification appeared, and she felt the approach of death, she desired to have the Sacrament administered to her at two o'clock on Saturday; but afterwards feeling the rapid advance of the moment, which she contemplated with RESIgnation, she desired that she might partake of the holy rite at an earlier hour: and accordingly, together with all her children, she received the Communion and soon after breathed her last in their arms. -- By her own desire the remains of her Grace are to be conveyed for interment to her beautiful seat of Kilrara, to which place the Marquis of Huntley accompanies the body. She was in her 64th year.

--- "Caledonian Mercury" 23 Apr 1812, page 2:
FUNERAL OF THE DUCHESS OF GORDON
Thursday the remains of the Duchess of Gordon were laid out in state, at the Pulteney hotel, and were removed on Friday morning, at half-past seven, to be interred in the church of Alva, near her late beautiful residence, Kinrara, Badenoch, distant from London 520 miles. The cavalcade consisted of ---
Six Men on foot.
Six Horsemen.
A Man, bare-headed, bearing Ducal Coronet, and Cushion.
Hears, with six Horses, and Escutcheons.
Mourning Coach, with her Grace's Upper Domestics.
Ditto, Undertakers, with six Horses.
Ditto, ditto, with ditto.
Duke of Gordon's Carriage and Servants.
Marquis of Huntly's ditto.
Duchess of Richmond's ditto.
Duchess of Manchester's ditto.
Duchess of Bedford's ditto.
Marchioness Cornwallis's ditto.
Lady Madelina Palmer's ditto.
(Confined to the Family only.)

The Marquis of Huntly is to meet the funeral at Kinrara, and attends the interment.

The coffin is covered with rich crimson velvet, coronets, &c. and bears on the plate the following inscription:---
Jane Maxwell
Duchess of Gordon;
Born 1749
Obiit 11 April, 1812. Aetat 63 years.

Notes:

-- From Papcastle, Cumbria.

--- "Sussex Advertiser" 25 Apr 1757, page 2:
London, April 18.
Late on Saturday Night were interred in a Vault in Covent-Garden Church, the Remains of the Hon. Liet. Gen. Skelton, in a very elegant and decent Manner. He has left his whole Real and Personal Estate (except a few Legacies) to Capt. James Jones, of the Foot Guards; with a Request to that Gentleman, to take the Name of Skelton.

--- "Fontenoy and Great Britain's Share in the War of the Austrian Succession" by Francis H. Skrine, 1906, page 134:
Brigadier Skelton had served for many years in the 3rd Guards; Colonel, 32nd Foot, 1742. Died 1757, leaving his ancestral home, Branthwaite Hall, Cumberland, to a former A.D.C., Captain James Jones of the Third Guards, who had saved his life in Flanders.

James married Jemima or Mary Tulleken. Jemima (daughter of Arnoldus Tulleken) was born in 1724 in Holland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some sources list her name as Jemima.