Mother Knows Best, Birthday Edition
Tomorrow, my dearest Georgiana, you will have been born 28 years, and yesterday* you have been married 11. The first of these events was attended with almost every advantageous circumstance that birth could give. and the latter set you up in so elevated a situation that you must always be liable to the censures or approbation of the world. I bless God it is not yet too late, if you will exert yourself in earnest, of those who know you, and I must add that if you have any regard for your own peace of mind or mine, you will set about doing it immediately.
Lady Spencer
6 June 1785
*In Amanda Foreman's biography of Georgiana she states that the Duchess was married on her birthday, June 7. I am now very curious as to where this confusion came about and how it came about!
Happy Birthday! When does the party begin?
ReplyDeleteLady Spencer was generally critical of Georgina's behavior and encouraging her to be a better person. I guess that included Birthday greetings as well
ReplyDeleteLOL! Well I suppose if you're sending the card anyway, you may as well slip in some advice with that birthday check...
ReplyDeleteGosh, between her mother, her husband or her friend, I can't decide who I dislike more. Poor Georgiana. I hope she is having a great birthday, wherever she is.
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