Henry Mordaunt Clavering to John Benn
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Further enquiries about John Fawcett (see 13).
Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
Henry Mordaunt Clavering to John Benn
Further enquiries about John Fawcett (see 13).
Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
Henry Mordaunt Clavering to John Benn
Increasingly friends and acquaintances die, most recently George Byng, MP for Middlesex (OW) - well-meaning but not very judicious. Lane (Newton Charles), a remarkably stout lad in Grant's, knocked him down with an Ainsworth's dictionary whilst holding forth in the Sixth Form on the superiority of Mr Fox's politics. Westminster education is improving - one usher has been appointed solely to teach maths, and a Frenchman who is a Hebrew scholar has also been employed. Wonders how much exactly Lady Bath bequeathed to Pulteney (see 20).
Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
Henry Mordaunt Clavering to John Benn
Adding his name to JB's in the petition to the Dean of Westminster (Buckland) not to cancel the Latin Play, appreciated as much by town boys as by the scholars (who did the actual acting). (Both HMC and JB appear in the petition A0019/D3FK7.) Quote from Terence Eunuchus. In relation to this asks for address of Thomas Trebeck. Desirable for schools to employ only old boys, in order that frivolous but harmless traditions can be maintained - e.g. Liddell, educated at Charterhouse, has been trying to stop or at least control the Greaze. Pulteney (see 24) visits often, but this will stop for a while as he is visiting a son who has a rich living in Lincolnshire and hunts and shoots - quote from The Chase by William Somerville. Has been reading a Life of Watson, Bishop of LLandaff, father of a KS of 1777 (not so, according to the Record), and also the reminiscences of their fencing coach, Henry Angelo (in a room in Dean's Yard rented from William Pierce, teacher of book-keeping and arithmetic).
Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
Henry Mordaunt Clavering to John Benn
10th of May is approaching, when they and some friends were in the habit of dining together to discuss the pleasures and sports of the preceding winter, and to make plans for the one to come; 3 Wardes (George and William OWW?), Geary, 2 Fawcetts (John aka Pultenay and Thomas? OWW - see 7), 2 Braggs, Sir Narborough D'Aeth (3rd baronet?), Bullock, Mauham (sic), Trevelyan (see 13), Sir Clement Cottrell (?), 2 Ansleys, Cobb and Williams (Sir Watkin Williams Wynn OW? - otherwise, if an OW, there are several Williams whose dates fit).
Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850