Countess Granville in Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire - 19 December, 1820, at night

from Letter from Lady Granville to her sister, Lady G Morpeth, 20 December 1820, page 197:

We are new dealt every day at dinner. Yesterday I sat between Lords Thanet and Worcester. […] Monsieur de Flahault [sic] was the only new personage. His singing is enchanting and made yesterday evening more agreeable than the former ones.

cite as

Henrietta Elizabeth [Harriet] Leveson Gower, Letter from Lady Granville to her sister, Lady G Morpeth, 20 December 1820. In F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville, 1810–1845, volume 1 (London, 1894), p. 197. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1537268978735 accessed: 12 November, 2024

location of experience: Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire

Listeners

Countess Granville
1785-1862

Listening to

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Unspecified vocal music performed by Charles De Flahaut

Experience Information

Date/Time 19 December, 1820, at night
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Notes

Harriet Leveson Gower's sister, Georgiana Dorothy Howard, was titled Lady Morpeth until September 1825, after which she was titled Lady Carlisle.


Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:09:39 +0100
Approved on Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:49:40 +0100