LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MRS. CHAPONE

Summary

Thomas Mulso, Esq. of Twywell, in the county of Northampton, the father of Mrs. Chapone, was, at the time of her birth, the only son of the representative of a family established in that county before the reign of Edward the First, and originally possessed of landed property, in that and the adjacent counties, to the amount of eight thousand pounds a-year; but of which, from alienation, by means of heiresses, and other causes, only an inconsiderable portion remains to the present possessor.

In the year 1719 he married the posthumous daughter of Colonel Thomas, of the guards, usually distinguished by the appellation of “the handsome Thomas.”

Mr. Mulso had two sisters, the elder of whom, Anne, was married to the Rev. Dr. Donne, prebendary of Canterbury ; the youngest, Susanna, to the brother of Mrs. Mulso, the Rev. Dr. John Thomas, who was several years preceptor to his present majesty, and through the bounty of George the Second, and of his royal pupil, held successively the bishoprics of Peterborough, Salisbury, and Winchester.

Mr. and Mrs. Mulso had a numerous family of children, five only of whom lived to grow up ; and of those five, Charles, the third son, an officer in the navy, died in the Mediterranean at the age of 21.