Sanditon: Diplomatic Display Cambridge King's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
Lady a suitable knowledge of the Person wh with whom she might now expect tobe daily aſsociating. — Lady D.Denham had been arich Miſs Brereton, born to
Wealth butnot to Education. Her first Husband hadbeen a Mr . Hollis, a man of considerable Pro::perty in the Country,
of which a large shareof the Parish of
Sanditon, with Manor & Mansion House made a part. He had been quite an elderly Man when she
marriedhim; – her own age about 30. – Her motivesfor such a Match could be little understood at the distance of 40
years, but she had sowell nursed & pleased Mr . Hollis, that at hisdeath he left her everything
– all his PEstates1,& all at her Disposal. After a widowhood of some
years, she had been induced to marry again. The late Sir Harry
Denham,of Denham Park in the Neighbourhood of Sanditon had succeeded in removing
her& her large Income to his own Domains,but he cd .could not succeed in the veiws ofpermanently enriching his family, whi[..]ch2 were attributed to him. She had been
too wary to put anything out of her own Power — and when on Sir Harry's Deceaseshe returned again to her own House
Footnotes
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- First 'E' of 'Estates' written over 'P' (for 'Property'?). Back to context...
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- 'ch' of 'which' written over two illegible letters. Back to context...