Berry, Mary, and Lady Rachel Russell. Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley Lady Russell. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819.
325
George Savile, Marquess of Halifax
Standard Name: Halifax, George Savile,,, Marquess of
Used Form: Lord Halifax
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland | Lord Halifax
preserved DSCS
's letters to him until his death, after which they passed to his descendants, the dukes of Devonshire. |
| Textual Production | Anne-Thérèse de Lambert | The letters to both children were probably written in the last decade of the seventeenth century, and were said to be influenced by the writings of Louis Silvestre de Sacy
. The translator into English... |
| Textual Production | Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland | DSCS
's first surviving letter to Lord Halifax
(the husband, later the widower, of her daughter) was supposedly written on behalf of her son Lord Sunderland. Berry, Mary, and Lady Rachel Russell. Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley Lady Russell. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. 326 |
| Textual Production | Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland | Most of DSCS
's extant writings are letters, dated 1679-80, which she wrote to her brother Henry Sidney
and her son-in-law, George Savile, Marquess of Halifax
. These were eventful years, with war in progress... |
Timeline
January 1688
Lord Halifax
published The Lady's New-Year's Gift; or, Advice to a Daughter (generally known by its subtitle), which long remained popular as advice-literature.