(1775 - 1838), e. s. of 5th D. of Leeds; sty. E. of Danby 1784 - 9 and M. of Carmarthen 1789 - 99 when suc. fa. as 6th D.; m. 1797 Ldy. Charlotte Townshend, dau. of 1st M. Townshend; KG 1827.
1794 - 5 Turin (by 30 Sep. 1794), Rome (late Oct. - Dec. 1794), Naples (by Apr. 1795), Padua (2 May), Venice (2 - 25 May), Padua (25 May), Milan (Aug.)
Carmarthen was in Turin in September 1794, when Lord Longford described him as 'one of the pleasantest young men and quite a Gentleman'. He found Carmarthen's Swiss companion, Captain Seigneux[?], a gentleman also, and he told his sister [Mrs Stewart] they were to travel together.1 At the end of October Hippisley presented Carmarthen and the Swiss Captain to the Pope, with Carmarthen's father, the 5th Duke of Leeds, and William Pitt Amherst.2 Carmarthen's intention was then to leave Rome for Naples after Christmas.3 With Longford he gave a ball in Naples, and 'danced every night during the Carnival'.4 Lady Webster said that Carmarthen 'and a few other English added novelty to our parties' in Tuscany, apparently referring to the spring of 1795.5 In May 1795 Carmarthen went from Padua to Venice, staying for three weeks before returning to Padua on 25 May.6 On 30 August 1795 Lady Plymouth wrote to Lady Bruce that Carmarthen had been 'confin'd by illness at Milan'.7 On 1 June 1796 the Duke of Leeds went to St James's to present his son, who had returned from his travels.8
1. Longford letters MSS (30 Sep. 1794). 2. Hippisley corr.MSS. 3. Attingham MSS (Ldy. Knight, 5 Dec. 1794). 4. Longford letters MSS (7 Apr. 1795). 5. Holland Jnl., 1:130. 6. ASV IS 774 (6 refs. 2 - 25 May). 7. Attingham MSS. 8. O. Browning, Political Memoranda of 5th D. of Leeds, 223.