REMINISCENCES

OF

COURT AND DIPLOMATIC LIFE

BY

GEORGIANA BARONESS BLOOMFIELD

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WITH THREE PORTRAITS

AND SIX ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

SIXTH EDITION

STANFORD LIBRARY

LONDON

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1883
At

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TO THE

GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN

IN WHOSE SERVICE WERE SPENT MANY OF THE

HAPPY DAYS RECORDED IN THESE

'REMINISCENCES OF COURT AND DIPLOMATIC LIFE'

THIS WORK

IS BY PERMISSION HUMBLY DEDICATED

BY HER MAJESTY'S MOST DUTIFUL AND GRATEFUL

SERVANT AND SUBJECT

GEORGIANA BLOOMFIELD