21st July, 1930

My darling son Freddy killed...

Lady Hariot Dufferin

Diplomat's wife and philanthropist

M. U.* Meeting. At tea at Mrs Basil Taylor […] a rumour of airplane accident, my darling son Freddy** killed - with 5 others.

* M. U. = Mother’s Union

** Death of her last surviving son Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3^rd Marquess of Dufferin & Ava. On 21^st July he was flying from France, near Le Touquet back to England when the plane crashed, killing all those on board.