| Description | Huge loan from Sir Peter Warburton arranged by Shethill Wright of Knutsford; Lady Stapleton's reluctance to pay Wright's bill of expenses; failure of a financial house in which Lady Stapleton was interested, and Dean Shipley anxieties. Proposal to sell part of the West Indian estates. Death of Sir Peter Warburton and the calling in of the loan; negotiations with Lady Warburton; final settlement by the London house of Manning and Anderdon's. |