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used. Tell Louisa old Mrs. Villiers is as good- 

 natured as last year, and Miss Lister's friendship 

 continues. Anne Elphinstone is living at Kent 

 House. 



" I found Sir P. Durham among the old Admirals 

 and Generals most agreeable, and so fond of Teddy 

 Adam. Col. Wemyss managed the procession." 



[The writer was Mary, my fourth sister. She 

 married the Rev. Ramsay Campbell, son of Sir 

 Archibald Campbell of Succoth. Her daughter, 

 Clem Campbell, sent me the letter. 



" Dover Street." She was staying in a lodging 

 in Dover Street. 



" Aunt Charles." Wife of my uncle, Admiral 

 Sir Charles Adam, who was one of the Lords of the 

 Admiralty. Lord Fitz- William was grandfather of 

 the present Earl. 



" John Balfour " (of Balbirnie). 



" Tina," his sister, now Mrs. Robert Ellis. She 

 had gone to America. 



"Frederick Romily" married one of the Elliots. 

 Edmund Elliot was Colonel, 79th Highlanders. 



" Elliots." Daughters of Lord Minto. He was 

 First Lord of the Admiralty. Lady Minto and Lady 

 Adam were sisters. 



" Lister." Lord John Russell's first wife was a 

 Lister, his second wife an Elliot. 



"Uncle Fred." General Sir Frederick Adam, 

 commanded a Brigade of Guards at Waterloo. 



" Ann and William Elphinstone." My mother's 



