| Administrative History | Lady (Frances) Mayne, later Lady Newhaven [d. 1801]. Wife of Sir William Mayne. Formerly Frances Allen, the heiress of a considerable estate in Ireland. She kept up a correspondence with Beattie and his wife for some years |
| Description | Anxiety about Mrs Beattie made her reluctant to write, but now asks for truth, however grievous. Miss Graham, aged sixteen, is to marry Sir Henry Dashwood, aged thirty-three, of Kirlington Park, Oxon. He has a large estate, and many virtues and accomplishments |