| Collection | Lady Charlotte Finch |
| Reference | GEO/ADD/15/452 |
| Title | Letter from Queen Charlotte to Miss Feilding |
| Date | 2 April 1815 |
| Writer | Charlotte, Queen Consort to George III |
| Addressee | Feilding, Matilda |
| Description | Note in a different hand at the top of the letter: 'Sent to Gibraltar & not received till March 1816'
Explains reason for not writing sooner; on the role of Matilda as executrix of her mother's will ('I seize the very first opportunity to assure You, that I am so fully persuaded of Your Uprightness & Steadiness of Character that had You not by being Sole Excutrix to Yr dear Mothers will, had a right to open Her Letters I could never suspect Yr ever making any bad use of the Contents of the one I wrote to Her'); thanks her for a copy of Lady Charlotte's epitaph sent to her; extends her regards to Lord Winchelsea and on the benefit of [Matilda] being under his protection; and the status of the apartments at St James's Palace
Signed with initial |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1 document |
| Physical Description | Loose manuscript paper; mounted |
| Access Conditions | Available in surrogate form only |
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| Level | Item |
| Credit | All rights reserved |