Harriet Georgiana Mundy et al. in Chatsworth House, Derbyshire - 2 December, 1843

from Letter from Harriet Georgiana Mundy to her aunt, Mary Frampton, 6 December 1843, page 420:

[W]e were to dine at Chatsworth, and the addresses were to be presented before dinner. Mr. Mundy and the four county members were in a deputy-lieutenant’s uniform, and the Duke wore his handsome lord lieutenant’s dress. The Queen stood near one of the windows, with the Prince on her left hand. The Duke presented the addresses, which she handed on to Lord Jersey, who acted as Lord in Waiting, and after the Prince had received those addressed to him, the ceremony concluded with the presentation by the Duke of the five gentlemen themselves. The private band of the…   more >>

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Harriet Georgiana Mundy, Letter from Harriet Georgiana Mundy to her aunt, Mary Frampton, 6 December 1843. In Harriet Georgiana Mundy (ed.), The Journal of Mary Frampton, from the Year 1779, until the year 1846 (London, 1885), p. 420. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1535542508790 accessed: 7 October, 2024

location of experience: Chatsworth House, Derbyshire

Listeners

Prince Albert
Prince Consort
1819-1861
Sixth Duke of Devonshire
connoisseur of the arts, political patron
1790-1858
Queen Victoria
Monarch
1819-1901

Listening to

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'God Save the Queen' performed by The Duke of Devonshire's band

Experience Information

Date/Time 2 December, 1843
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:35:09 +0100
Approved on Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:45:12 +0100