Edited by Charlotte Mitchell, Ellen Jordan and Helen Schinske

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Dalmeny, Lady (d.1901), illustrator. Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope married, first (1843), Lord Dalmeny (1809-1851), and, secondly (1854) the 4th Duke of Cleveland. 162 (24 January 1857).

Davis, Mary, friend of Harriet Harvey, to be pitied, 108 (17 April 1854).

Davys, Mary, Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, daughter of the Rt. Rev. George Davys (1780-1864), Bishop of Peterborough. Staying at Otterbourne, 7 (5 December 1838);

Dennis, Mr, perhaps the parish doctor. 4 (6 August 1838).

De Salis, Miss, one of Jane Colborne’s bridesmaids, perhaps Anna Sophia Elisabeth de Salis (1832-1916). 176 (26 September 1857); 178 (1 October 1857); 179 (1 October 1857);

Deveral, Mrs and two daughters, unidentified. 25 (30 October 1846).

Dixon, Mr., unidentified. Habit of giving £20 as a wedding present, 13 (21 October 1844).

Douglas, Mr, a clergyman, unidentified. 27 (14 May 1848).

Drummond, Mr., see Stirling-Horne-Drummond, George.

Durndell, Mrs, unidentified. 24 (24 September 1846).

Dyson, Rev. Charles(1788-24 April 1860), Rector of Dogmersfield, married (1819) his cousin Elizabeth Dyson, half-brother of Mary Anne Dyson, known as ‘the Simorg’. CMY staying with, 69 (4 October 1852);

Dyson, Elizabeth (Dyson) (b.1794/5), wife (married 1819) and cousin of the Rev. Charles Dyson, Rector of Dogmersfield, sister-in-law to Mary Anne Dyson. Her Sunday evening selections, 41 (20 October 1850);

Dyson, Mary Anne (28 March 1809-29 Sept 1878); an invalid ‘confined . . . to a sofa and latterly even to her bed.’ 26 (December 1846); 28 (14 May 1848); from FMY 30 (14 June 1849); 31 (June 1849); 32 (29 October 1849); The Heir of Redclyffe, 34 (4 May 1850); The Heir of Redclyffe, 35 (18 May 1850); 36 (24 May 1850); 37 (1850); 38 (1850); 39 (24 June 1850); 40 (22 June 1850); 41 (20 October 1850); given first copy of The Heir of Redclyffe, 75 (15 January 1853); 76 (23 February 1853); discussing ‘Bilds’ Hopes and Fears, 88 (1853); 89 (January 1854); told of WCY’s illness, 97 (24 February 1854); WCY’s illness, 98 (25 February 1854); WCY’s death, 99 (26 February 1854); 117 (9 June 1854); CMY’s presentation of money to Selwyn described, 117 (9 June 1854); lending FMY her mother’s papers, 130 (22 March 1855); having toothache, 151 (19 May 1856); taking steel medicine, 184 (26 December 1857);

Dyson, Miss, a patient at Malvern Wells. 166 (21 April 1857).

Dyson, Mr, calling on Sir William Heathcote, probably the Rev. Francis Dyson (b.London 1818/19), Vicar of St. Sampson, Cricklade. 166 (21 April 1857).

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Evans, Maria, unidentified. 129 (19 March 1855).

Louis Napoléon Eugène John Joseph (1856-1879), the Prince Imperial. Birth, 149 (17 March 1856).

Eugénie (1826-1920), empress of France. 149 (17 March 1856);

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Fielder, Mr, recommending George Collins, 75 (15 January 1853).

Flint, Mr., unidentified. Prospective marriage, 13 (21 October 1844).

Fouqué, Friedrich, Freiherr von la Motte (1777-1843), German novelist. 34 (4 May 1850); 37 (1850);

Fowlie, William (b.1791/2), steward to Sir William Heathcote at Hursley Park.  Born in Scotland, retired by 1861. Kissing Gilbert Heathcote, 6 (25 September 1838);

Freke, Major. 178 (1 October 1857);

Froude, Catherine (Holdsworth) (d. 1878), married (1839) William Froude, converted to Rome 1857. 23 (19 September 1846).

Froude, The Rev. Hurrell (1803-1836). Like Sir Guy Morville in The Heir of Redclyffe, 34 (4 May 1850); 36 (24 May 1850); like Charles Edmonstone in The Heir of Redclyffe, 76 (23 February 1853)

Froude, William (1810-1879), railway engineer. 23 (19 September 1846);

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Gascoigne, the Misses; possibly Evelyn Henrietta (d.1922) and Helen Gascoigne (1836-1919), daughters of General Ernest Gascoigne (1796-1867). 178 (1 October 1857).

Gilbert, Tom, unidentified, condoling with Alethea Anderson Morshead on birth of fifth son, 46 (13 October 1851).

Glenelg, Lord (1788-1866), secretary of state for the colonies 1835-1839. 7 (5 December 1838).

Goodrich, Miss A. M., contributor to MP as ‘A.M.G.’, novelist, 215 (27 December 1859);

Gray, Rt. Rev. Robert (1809-1872), bishop of Cape Town. Speaking at an SPG meeting, 81 (9 July 1853); at Hursley Vicarage, 82 (July 1853).

Gray, Sophia Wharton (Myddleton) (d. 1871), wife of the Rt. Rev. Robert Gray. At Hursley Vicarage, 82 (July 1853).

Grundtvig, N.F.S. (1783-1872), Danish nationalist and philosopher. 146 (28 January ?1856); ); 153 (mid 1856)n.;

Gully, Dr.James Manby (1808-1883), physician, founded Malvern hydropathic establishment in the early 1840s, ruined by the Bravo case of 1876. 166 (21 April 1857);

Gunner, Mr and Mrs, unidentified, 25 (30 October 1846).

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Harcourt, Mrs, see Vernon Harcourt, Caroline.

Hare, Mr., unidentified. 178 (1 October 1857);

Harris, Jane (Yonge) (b.1796), sister of the Rev. John Yonge of Puslinch and Lady Seaton, m. (1837, in Canada, where she had gone with the Seatons) Rev. Joseph Hemington Harris (1799/1800-1881)

Harris, John, M.D., the Yonges’ physician, described by CMY as ‘a Plymouth man . .  a small man with a Jewish face and a nervous sensitive manner’: Coleridge, Life, 100. 7 (5 December 1838);

Harris, Rev. Joseph Hemington (1799/1800-25 June 1881), D. D., married (in Canada 1837) Jane Yonge. Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge 1824-9, priest 1825, principal of Upper Canada College 1829-38, curate of Cockington 1845-8, of Tor Mohun 1848- his death. Died at Sorel, Torquay. Obituary Guardian  (29 June 1881), 913. 25 (30 October 1846);

Harris, Mrs, possibly the wife of Captain William Charles Harris. Informed of JBY’s return, 127 (?December 1854).

Harris, William and Mrs, probably William Harris, J.P., of Yealmpton, and his wife Miss Bulteel. 24 (24 September 1846).

Harris, Captain William Charles, Chief Constable of Hampshire, 1842-1856. 24 (24 September 1846); possibly referred to, 127 (?December 1854).

Harvey, Harriet (Holbeton 1800/1-1854), domestic servant, probably nurse to the Puslinch Yonges, later schoolmistress in Newton Ferrars. Death, 108 (17 April 1854);

Heathcote, Caroline (Perceval) (d. 1835), first wife of Sir William Heathcote. Keble’s poem on her death, 16 (6 November 1844).

Heathcote, Caroline (1833-1910), see Cooke Trench, Caroline Elizabeth (Heathcote).

Heathcote, Charles George (1843-1924), eldest son of Sir William Heathcote and his second wife Selina Shirley. 13 (21 October 1844);

Heathcote, Elizabeth (Bigg) (1773-23 March 1855), m (1798) the Rev. William Heathcote (1772-1802), mother of Sir William Heathcote, friend of Jane Austen. 7 (5 December 1838); 13 (21 October 1844); 14 (28 October 1844); 24 (24 September 1846); disliking a book on insects, 56 (15 March 1852); death, 131 (23 March 1855); funeral, 132 (29 March 1855);

Heathcote, Evelyn Dawsonne (11 November 1844-1908), second son of Sir William Heathcote and his second wife Selina Shirley. Birth expected, 13 (21 October 1844);

Heathcote, George Parker (1828-1871), second son of Sir William Heathcote and his first wife Caroline Perceval. New tutor, 8 (late December 1838 or early January 1839);

Heathcote, Rev. Gilbert Vivyan (1830-1890), third son of Sir William Heathcote and his first wife Caroline Perceval. Laying foundation stone of Ampfield Church, 6 (25 September 1838);

Heathcote, Selina (Shirley) (1814/5-1901), Lady Heathcote, second wife of Sir William Heathcote. 13 (21 October 1844); 21 (22 July 1845); 76 (23 February 1853); visiting FMY during WCY’s illness, 98 (25 February 1854); bringing news of JBY’s return, 124 (1 December 1854); 166 (21 April 1857); asking CMY to stay in London, 193 (16 February 1859);

Heathcote, Selina Frances (1842-after 1906), Fanny Heathcote, eldest child of Sir William Heathcote and his second wife Selina Shirley. 13 (21 October 1844); legs in irons, 21 (22 July 1845);

Heathcote, Sir William (1801-1881), 5^th Bt., M. P.. Franking letter, 3 (?January 1837); franking letter, 4 (6 August 1838); 13 (21 October 1844); Keble’s poem on his first wife’s death, 16 (6 November 1844); returning home, 21 (22 July 1845); 24 (24 September 1846); praising The Heir of Redclyffe, 76 (23 February 1853); 89 (January 1854); business with FMY, 108 (17 April 1854); objecting to CMY’s ignorance of the law of perpetuities, 122 (?November 1854); encouraging plan for chapel at Pitt, 124 (1 December 1854); enjoying Ann Carter Smith’s ‘Thorns and Roses’ 157 (3 December 1856); 161 (22 December 1856); letter to his daughter Caroline Heathcote about Dynevor Terrace, 166 (21 April 1857);

Heathcote, Sir William Perceval (1826-1903), 6^th Bt., eldest son of Sir William Heathcote and his first wife Caroline Perceval, convert to Roman Catholicism. New tutor, 8 (late December 1838 or early January 1839); 13 (21 October 1844);

Hedges. Anne, more cadaverous than ever, 56 (15 March 1852).

Herbert, Sidney (1810-1861), created (1861) 1st Lord Herbert of Lea. A church built by him in Dublin, 177 (28 September 1857).

Holdsworth, a schoolboy at Winchester College. 25 (30 October 1846)

Hooper, Eliza (b. 1815/6), of Allbrook. Marriage, 20 (19 April 1845).

Horne, or Herne, Kezia (b. Avington, Hants. 1836/7), maid at Otterbourn House at the time of the 1851 census. Waiting at Mr Wither’s dinner, 56 (15 March 1852); her mother giving JBY honeycomb as a wedding present, 188 (10 September 1858);

Howth, Henrietta (Barfoot), Countess of (d. 1884). 178 (1 October 1857);

Huntingford, Mr, cousin of a portrait painter; unidentified, but no doubt a relation of the former warden of Winchester College, George Huntingford (1748-1832). 25 (30 October 1846);
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