Mary Stewart, Countess of (wife of the fourth Earl) Traquair

WMCN 's early and close relationship with her sister-in-law Mary, Countess of Traquair , née Maxwell, suffered vicissitudes over the years through her poverty and her husband's shameless requests for money. In 1718 the Traquairs...

Lady Nithsdale's letters from exile are largely a catalogue of problems, though presented always with courage and spirit. She tells her confidante how she strives to influence the actions of her husband (whose behaviour is...

Winifred Nithsdale was an assiduous letter-writer. Even with her life in turmoil in May 1716, having engineered her husband's escape but not yet written her account of it, she was writing about all kinds of...