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Excerpt from William Pitt Chatham, and of Lady Hester Grenville, daughter of 112031332313? Hester, Countess Temple, was born on the 28th of May 1759 1759. The child inherited a name which, at the time of his birth, was the most illustrious in the civilized world, and was pronounced by every Englishman with pride, and by every enemy of England with mingled admiration and terror. During the first year of his life, every month had its illuminations and bonfires, and every wind brought some messenger charged with joyful tidings and hostile standards. 10 In Westphalia the English infantry won a great battle which arrested the armies of Louis the Fifteenth in the midst of a career Of conquest: Bos...
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This early work by Charles Lewis Meryon was originally published in 1845 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope Volume II.' is the second of a three volume work on her life and travels. Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope was born on 12th March 1776, in Chevening, Kent, England. Her father was Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, and her mother, Lady Hester Pitt. Stanhope spent her youth in Chevening but moved in 1800 to live with her grandma, Countess of Chatham, at Burton Pynsent. Three years later she became chief to the household of her uncle, William Pitt the Younger, during his time as British Prime Minister. Stanhope gained a reputation as an excellent hostess both for her beauty and her conversation skills.