(1754 - 1846) of Uppark, Sx., o. s. of Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh; educ. Eton and Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1772; suc. fa. 1774 as 2nd Bt.; m. 1825 Mary Ann Bullock; MP 1782 - 96.
1776 Rome, Naples (Apr. - May 1776), Rome (May 1776), Florence (by 13 Jun.), Venice
'Good natured, formal, effeminate, and obliging, without violent Passions or Ambition, a negative character who will Rather be acted upon than act for himself',1 Sir Harry (as Henry was known) was in Italy in 1776 accompanied by his uncle, the Rev. Utrick Fetherstonhaugh. In Rome and Naples he became the 'inseparable companion' of the 8th Duke of Hamilton, to the dismay of Hamilton's tutor Dr John Moore, who also thought Sir Harry was 'very fond of Miss [Eliza] Gore, sister to Lady Cowper' and as 'Sir H. is not a man to control any Inclination that he can gratify, I dare say he will yield to his present penchant' - but nothing further transpired.
Sir Harry sat to Batoni in Rome (Uppark; Clark/Bowron 339), where Hamilton left him in May 1776, but they planned to meet in Florence on 1 June. On 13 June Sir Harry in Florence was asking Ozias Humphry to obtain discreetly a portrait of the Countess of Albany; Humphry painted her miniature portrait himself, but without mentioning Sir Harry's name.2 Sir Harry planned to visit Venice. His expense account (at Uppark) reveals that he took £;200 with him to Italy in cash; he spent £;600 in Rome and £;500 in Florence; in Venice and on 'a second visit' to Rome (presumably that made in May, after he had been to Naples) he was more economical, spending £;200 in each place.
1. See Argyll ed., Intimate Society Letters, 2:415, 420. M. Meade-Fetherstonhaugh and O. Warner, Uppark and its People, 48 - 9. 2. Humphry corr.MSS, hu/2/43, 44.