MS 656 02 01 01 02

MS 656 02 01 01 02

Lady Susan Young and Sir George Young collection: Autograph letters between Winthrop Mackworth Praed and his sister Susan

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1824-1829

2 envelopes; 51 items

The letters are generally very intimate providing detail on Praed’s life during this period as well as verses and riddles they would send to each other

Notable letters include:

Verse sent on 4 February 1823 on life at Cambridge
Verse sent on 11 September 1823 on life at Cambridge
Letter on being awarded a medal at Cambridge (6 June 1824)
Letters concerning his position as tutor to Ernest including his return to Eton College with him (letters dated July 1825 to October 1827)
A valentine’s poem (sent March 1826)
His study for a fellowship at Cambridge (letters dated September 1826-October 1827)
His letter confirming his had become a Fellow at Trinity College – written to his brother Bulkley (letter dated 3 October 1827)
Letters sent from Ostend; Bruges and Paris where he travelled through Europe with Julius Hare (dated July-September 1828)
Letter written while a pupil of John Bayley, a Middle Temple barrister (letters dated January- February 1829)
Letter in verse giving a picture of his life at the time (dated 3 March 1829)
His views on the political situation at the time
His first circuit in the Norfolk after being called to the bar (letters dated Mar-Oct 1829)

Many of the letters are referred to, or quoted from directly, in Hudson’s biography of Praed pp.106-153