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Death: 12 NOV 1817

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Death: 27 DEC 1882 Polk City, IA

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Note: Letter from Mr.Kassler,Michael
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2. "Court and ptivate life in the time of Quenn Charlotte: being the journals of mrs Papendie k,assistant keeper of the wardrobe and reader to her majesty.edited by grand-daugther,Mrs.ver non Delves Broughton."
Volume II
London:Richard Bentley &Son,new Burlington street,Publiishers in ordinary to Her Majesty th e Queen.
MDCCCLXXXVII
300 /302 Court and private life in
Concluding Chapter by the editor.
Further records of Mrs.Papendiek's life-Her appoitments at the Court of Queen Charlotte a s Assistant Keeper of the Wardrobe and Reader-Outline of the history of her daughter Mrs.Oom, afterwards Mrs.Planta-Of Adolphus Kent Oom-Of Mrs.Papendiek's other childreen-Mr.George Arbut hnot-Marriage of the Prince of Wales-Birth of Princess Charlotte of Wales-Temporary unpopular y of the King-Marriage of the Princess Royal-Mr.Papendiek transfered to the Queen's own house hold-Charecter of Mr.Papendiek-His daeth.-The King's health,mental and bodily-His failing sig ht and resignation-The Queen-Her position-Death of Princees Charlo~tte of Wales-The Queen'sde cling health-Her suffering-Her pacience-Her death and burial-Mrs.Papendiek's affection for he r Royal mistress-The remainder of her life passed in retirement-Her death.
Not much in the way of family records remains to tell the fuedre life of Mrs.Papendiek,bu t from the fews sources of information open to me I gather that she obtained the appoitment a t the Court of Queen Charlotte.wich she held for some years,shortly after the occurrences nar rated by her in the closing pages of her memoirs.
It was probaly in the year 1797 or 1798,I cannot ascertain the ezact date,that she was appo inted Assistant keeper ofthe Wardrobe,thesame postas that previously held by miss Burney,thou gh Mrs.Papendiek did immediately succed her.Later on she became reader to the queen also,whic h position brought her into close contact with her Majesty,for whom she appears to have entre tained a sincere affection,and from whom she experienced from first to last the utmost kindne ssand consideration,as also from the King,and,I may say all the Royal family.
Her children grew up in the atmosphere,so to their wedfare uniformly manisfested by their M ajesties and the Princes and Princesses,did not result in any appointments being given to an y members of Mrs.Papendiek's family,either at the Court or in the service of King George III, or of either of the cucceding sovereigns,except in the case of her eldest daughter,Charlott e Augusta,who,after twice becoming a widow,was given the post of occasional reader to her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,wich she retain until her death.
This daughter married frist,in 1802,Mr.THOMAS OOM,a russian merchant,who was them in a goo d position and wealthy;but a failure in his business occuring shotly after his marriage,Mrs.O om at once determined upon undertaking the care and education of a few young ladies in orde r to augment her income.Being a remarkabily well-informed,clever,accomplished woman,besides b eing a musician of more than the usual calibre of an amateur,this venture succeeded,and she w as enable by her exertions to live in the same style of comfort and refinement to which she h ad been accustomed,and to educate her son at Eton.
Her frist child,Thomas,died in infancy,but the second son and only other child Adolphus (s o named after the Duke of Cambridge,one of his godfathers) Kent Oom,grew to manhood,and was f or many years well-known in society and in the Foreing Office,being mugh respect throughout h is career in that office,and at his death in 1858 being sincerely mourned by his many friends .
Mr.Oom eventually recovered his income and connection,and lived in comfortable ciecunstanc es till his death.
Within a few years his widow married the Right Honourable Joseph Planta,son of the Mr.Plant a who was at one time Secretary of the British Museum,and nephew of the Misses Planta,constan tly mentioned in the foregoing pages.Mr.Planta was Conservatrive member for Hastings for man y years,and at different times held various posts in the Governement-Secretary of her Majesty 's Treasury,Under Secretary of State for Foreing Affaires,&c. He died in 1846,when Mrs.Plant a was given apartments in Hampton Court Palace,where she lived till her death in 1854.
Mrs.Papendiek second daughter,Elizabeth Mary,died in.."

Death: 6 OCT 1830 Fairlind Place, Hastings, East Sussex, England

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