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deadly feud between him and his sister-in-law the widowed Duchess of
Lauderdale.
Lord Hatton’s room at Ham House was hung with “ Hayre Colour
Cloath,” edged with silk fringe of the same colour, and the bed-curtains
were of the same material. Their gloomy appearance was relieved by a
lining and a counterpane of sky-blue silk fringed with black. There was
very little furniture in the room, but the walnut-wood frame of the mirror
on the wall was suspended by blue silk strings with tassels.
My Lord Huntingtoure s Chamber.
Lord Huntingtower was the eldest son of Elizabeth Countess of
Dysart (afterwards Duchess of Lauderdale) by her first husband, Sir
Lionel Tollemache. On the death of his mother he became Earl of
Dysart.
Lord Huntingtower’s room was hung with gray cloth fringed with
gray silk, the bed was hung with the dingy brown “Isabella colour”
satin, and the chairs were covered with gray mohair, slightly relieved by
borders of quilted pink satin.
In 1680, the year after the first inventory was taken at Ham House,
Lord Huntingtower married Grace Wilbraham, known in the Tollemache
family as the Cheshire heiress. His room was then given to a lady,
only described in the inventory as “ My Lady Ann,” but who must have
been Ann Murray, one of the three unmarried sisters of the Duchess of
Lauderdale. “ My Lady Ann ” added two china dishes to the existing
furniture in her room, but she must have required them for use and not
for ornament, as the fashion for using china as a decoration did not begin
till a century later. It was at its height when Richardson published Sir
Charles Grandison in 1753. In this book the wife of “ Lord G.” and sister
of Sir Charles speaks of a present from her husband of “ a fine set of old
Japan china with brown edges” which her lord unpacked himself, not
trusting the servants. She says that he arranged one at a time the cups,
plates, jars and saucers, “rejoicing and parading over them, and com-
mending this and the other piece as a beauty.” 1
The Young Lady s' Chamber.
The two young ladies who occupied this room were the daughters of the
Duchess of Lauderdale by her first marriage. When their mother became
1 History of Sir Charles Grandison, vol. iv., p. 294.
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Lauderdale.
Lord Hatton’s room at Ham House was hung with “ Hayre Colour
Cloath,” edged with silk fringe of the same colour, and the bed-curtains
were of the same material. Their gloomy appearance was relieved by a
lining and a counterpane of sky-blue silk fringed with black. There was
very little furniture in the room, but the walnut-wood frame of the mirror
on the wall was suspended by blue silk strings with tassels.
My Lord Huntingtoure s Chamber.
Lord Huntingtower was the eldest son of Elizabeth Countess of
Dysart (afterwards Duchess of Lauderdale) by her first husband, Sir
Lionel Tollemache. On the death of his mother he became Earl of
Dysart.
Lord Huntingtower’s room was hung with gray cloth fringed with
gray silk, the bed was hung with the dingy brown “Isabella colour”
satin, and the chairs were covered with gray mohair, slightly relieved by
borders of quilted pink satin.
In 1680, the year after the first inventory was taken at Ham House,
Lord Huntingtower married Grace Wilbraham, known in the Tollemache
family as the Cheshire heiress. His room was then given to a lady,
only described in the inventory as “ My Lady Ann,” but who must have
been Ann Murray, one of the three unmarried sisters of the Duchess of
Lauderdale. “ My Lady Ann ” added two china dishes to the existing
furniture in her room, but she must have required them for use and not
for ornament, as the fashion for using china as a decoration did not begin
till a century later. It was at its height when Richardson published Sir
Charles Grandison in 1753. In this book the wife of “ Lord G.” and sister
of Sir Charles speaks of a present from her husband of “ a fine set of old
Japan china with brown edges” which her lord unpacked himself, not
trusting the servants. She says that he arranged one at a time the cups,
plates, jars and saucers, “rejoicing and parading over them, and com-
mending this and the other piece as a beauty.” 1
The Young Lady s' Chamber.
The two young ladies who occupied this room were the daughters of the
Duchess of Lauderdale by her first marriage. When their mother became
1 History of Sir Charles Grandison, vol. iv., p. 294.
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