About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Harriet Arbuthnot, Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane, Earl of Westmorland, John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane, Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, Henry Fane, Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, Apethorpe Hall, John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland, Francis Fane of Brympton, John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland, Henry Fane of Wormsley, Sybil Fane, Countess of Westmorland, Sir Henry Fane, Priscilla Fane, Countess of Westmorland, Henry Fane of Brympton, Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, Anthony Fane, 13th Earl of Westmorland, Robert Fane, Ralph Vane, Sarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey, George Fane, Francis Fane of Spettisbury, Julian Fane, Francis Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland, John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland, David Fane, 15th Earl of Westmorland, Vere Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland, Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland, Henry Hamlyn-Fane, Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet, Dorothy Montagu, Countess of Sandwich, Walter Fane, Sarah Fane, Countess of Westmorland, Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, Lady Mary Fane, Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland. Excerpt: Harriet Arbuthnot (10 September 1793 - 2 August 1834) was an early 19th century English diarist, social observer and political hostess on behalf of the Tory party. During the 1820s she was the "closest woman friend" of the hero of Waterloo and British Prime Minister, the 1st Duke of Wellington. She maintained a long correspondence and association with the Duke, all of which she recorded in her diaries, which are consequently extensively used in all authoritative biographies of the Duke of Wellington. Born into the periphery of the British aristocracy and married to a politician and member of the establishment, she was perfectly placed to meet all the key figures of the Regency and late Napoleonic eras. Recording meetings...
