MARY ADELAIDE

(1845-1921, sub-dean of the Chapels Royal), about the service on Maundy Thursday, (7th April 1887), saying she is in great hopes of being present... with some of the Children but when all the boys are at home, I am not always a free agent... Please send me (to St. James') by tomorrow evening Monday, 20 orders for the Chapel Royal for Thursday 24th March, the confirmation of her second son Prince Francis (1870-1910, Major in the 1st Dragoons, served in the Sudan and South Africa), to be given to friends and servants, mentioning The Princess of Wales & her 3 daughters, Pss. Frederica of Hanover and her husband Baron [von] Pawel[-Rammingen], and Bss. Burdett-Coutts, she herself is on the mend but have to take care of myself in this bitterly cold weather, 4 sides 6 x 4, White Lodge, Richmond Park, 20th March