[Countess of Elgin and Kincardine [Mary Louisa Bruce, née Lambton], Vicereine of India.] Autograph Letter in the third person to Sir Cuthbert Sharp, as Lady Mary Lambton, hailing him as a friend of her deceased father.

See her husband’s entry, and those of her father the Earl of Durham, and Sir Cuthbert Sharp, in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with small closed tear to blank area at foot of second leaf. Folded for postage. Laid down on leaf removed from album. Begins: ‘Lady Mary Lambton presents her Compliments to Sir Cuthbert Sharp, and begs to express her grateful sense of the kind message, conveyed to her through Mrs. Brodie, concerning Sir C. Sharps small pamphlet -’. She was ‘absent in Scotland’ when it was published, ‘but she, and her brother & sister were much gratified with the perusal of the copy, so kindly sent by Sir C. Sharp.’ In consequence she was ‘anxious to possess a few more’, and she ‘ventures to assure Sir C. Sharp - that her naturally retired life, now, can never efface her recollection of such friends of her father’s as she well knows Sir C. Sharp to have been’, and although her brother was young ‘at the time of their sad affliction, [the Earl of Durham had died in 1840] she feels confident that he too will ever preserve the same feeling, - & prove it more & more as he grows older. Sir C. Sharp will be glad to hear that he is well & strong - & all that his family could wish. -’