Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (née Horner)

Kean, Charles, 19 May 1845; early March 1846; 26 October 1850

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Identifier: Coll-1989/33

Scope and Contents 1. Autograph letter signed from Charles Kean to Mrs. Horner, probably Anne Susanna Horner, in response to an invitation, dated 19 May 1845, Keydell House, Horndean (Hampshire): "It will, I assure you, give Mrs. Kean and myself great pleasure to wait upon you at Dinner next Monday 26th. We hope to reach no. 3 Torrington Square tomorrow evening and had intended to return home next Saturday but as we cannot resist your kind invitation we shall delay our stay in Town until Tuesday morning 27th....

Dates: 19 May 1845; early March 1846; 26 October 1850

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Kean, Ellen, [Before 1875]

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Identifier: Coll-1989/34

Scope and Contents Two autograph letters signed from Ellen Kean to Mary Horner Lyell, no year.1. Letter dated 20 March: "Our new bloodthirsty melodrama has so taken the people that we do it every night and this I regret to say will prevent our being with [you] as we anticipated. You must come and see our horrors. Charles is such a villain [...]" (20 March).2. Letter dated 2 December: "I am disappointed at not being with you tonight but I feel so very unwell from the effects of Influenza...

Dates: [Before 1875]

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Kemble, Fanny, 8 [March 1865]; 5 April 1865; 25 October 1885

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Identifier: Coll-1989/35

Scope and Contents This collection consists of three autograph letters signed, sent from Fanny Kemble to Mary Lyell and Katharine Murray Lyell, dated 8 [March 1865], 16 April 1865 and 25 October 1885. There also is a small autograph envelope with wax seal, and a clipping from another autograph envelope.1. Letter from Fanny Kemble to Lady Mary Horner Lyell, in response to an invitation and concerning the American Civil War (London, Wednesday 8th [probably March 1865, though a pencil note falsely...

Dates: 8 [March 1865]; 5 April 1865; 25 October 1885

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Lectures on Geology, 1842-1861

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Coll-203/B14

Scope and Contents See also the other series of papers on Lyell's lectures, which formed part of the original tranche gifted to the University in 1927. The items listed here were part of the Acceptence in Lieu (AIL) acquistion of 2020, however, it also contains material that came to the University with the 1927 gift, but, was dissassociated from that original material, coming in to the Library at a different time, and physically alongside the run of Lyell's Offprints. That material was assigned a reference,...

Dates: 1842-1861

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell