The additional memoirs of Lady Hester Stanhope : an unpublished historical account for the years 1819-1820 / as recorded by her physician Charles Lewis Meryon ; edited with an introduction by Mark Guscin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meryon, Charles Lewis, 1783-1877, author.

Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839, author.

Contributor:

Guscin, Mark, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839.

Stanhope, Hester.

Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839--Correspondence.

Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839--Travel.

Meryon, Charles Lewis, 1783-1877.

Meryon, Charles Lewis.

Travel.

Genre:

Records and correspondence.

Correspondence.

Biographies.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

ix, 304 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Eastbourne ; Portland, Oregon : Sussex Academic Press, 2017.

Summary:

In 1845 and 1846 Charles Lewis Meryon published the two three-volume sets The Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope and The Travels of the Lady Hester Stanhope, which is still the most important source for the early life and first travels of Lady Hester. Towards the end of his life he wrote the Additional Memoirs for the years 1819-1820, the manuscript of which has lain virtually untouched and unknown for the last 150 years. Recently brought to light and edited with an introduction by Mark Guscin, the Additional Memoirs contains invaluable and fascinating new information about the life not only of Lady Hester, covering in addition to the period 1819-1820 anecdotes and stories from the rest of her life, but also of Meryon himself, finally solving the mystery behind his lengthy and time-consuming journey back to the Lebanon in 1819 and the reasons why he left Lady Hester again almost immediately upon arrival. Many have speculated on the reasons for this journey and why it came to such an abrupt end, and now Meryon himself tells the whole story in his own words. The Additional Memoirs is essential eye-witness reading for anyone with an interest in nineteenth-century England and Europe, travel in the Middle East, and more specifically, the Stanhope family.

Contents:

Departure from England. First letter from Lady Hester Stanhope. Stay in Paris. Second letter from Lady Hester. Mr Leander Miranda. Visit to Chateau Borbilly. Journey to Geneva

December 17 1818 to February 14 1819. Geneva. The first Lord Stanhope. A ball. The Rev. Mr Rooke. tour around the lake. Meals in Geneva. Jouer le proverbe. Character of Swiss plebeians. Four servants engaged. Letter to Lady Hester Stanhope February 14 1819

February 15 1819 to March 13 1819. Journey from Geneva to Turin and from Turin to Genoa. Letter to Lady Hester Stanhope. Letter from Colonel Missett. Stay at Genoa

March 13 1819 to April 9 1819. Voyage from Genoa to Cyprus. Letter to Lady Hester Stanhope. Stay at Cyprus. Letter to Lady Hester Stanhope. Letter from Lady Hester Stanhope. Passage from Cyprus to Sayda

April 9 to May 9 1819. Reception by Lady Hester Stanhope of Mr Miranda, the servants and myself. Doings at Abra. Rivalry of the Emir Beshyr and Sheykh Beshyr. Flight of the Governor of Jaffa

Lady Hester Stanhope's religious opinions

May to August 1817. Narration carried back two years. First return of the author from Syria to France. Mr D. Urquhart, Monsieur Lesseps, Sir Robert Liston, Mr Turnbull, Dr Symonds, the Rev. Mr Bradford. Description of Marseilles. Journey to Paris. Stay in Paris. Journey to England

August 15 to December 3 1817. Doings in England. Candidate at St Thomas's hospital. Letter to Earl Stanhope. Lady Hester's father's will. Disputes arising from it. My daughter Lucy's schooling expenses. My degrees at Oxford. Letter to Lady Hester. Lady Hester's letter

December 7 1817 to February 16 1818. Journey through the Midland Counties. History of Dr Newbury's dismissal. Visits to sundry persons; friends of Lady Hester Stanhope

Residence in London from February to August 1818. Occurrences there

The author's residence in London

September 1818. La Bergere des Alpes. Directions where to search for her and a description of her person and qualities

Lady Hester's reflections on her brother's conduct. Bedawys at her house. Englishmen at her gate. Mrs Fry's sufferings. Visit of Solyman Effendi. The sultan's harym. Money rates. Refractory slaves. Gall and Spurzheim. The village of Garyby. Visit to the Sheykh Beshyr

Scenes in high life. Anecdotes of the prince regent, of the Duke of Cumberland, of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Chatham, of Earl and the Countess Stanhope, of Earl and the Countess Harrington, and of others of the nobility. Early days of Lady Hester

Lady Hester goes to a retreat on Mount Lebanon

Lady Hester goes to a retreat on Mount Lebanon (continued)

Passage to Cyprus

Suit in the Geneva courts. Adjudication. Journey from Geneva to London.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845198732

1845198735

OCLC:

989123909