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HENRY NEWMAN Remarks by Patrick Killough to the 2007 Convention of the Venerable John Henry Newman Association Pittsburgh Holiday Inn Friday August 10 8:30 - 9:20 a. m. FOOTNOTE # 06 (6) On Mary Monica ("Mamo") Hope-Scott. For Newman's "distinct following with little girls and growing girls, see Sugg, 1996, p. 110. "Letters to Hope-Scott always sent affectionate messages to her." For Mamo's later life, ibid., p. 272. "Mamo Hope-Scott, the heir to Scott's house, Abbotsford, had been presented at court, enjoyed a London season and then came home to be with her sick father. She accompanied him abroad, stayed with him as he weakened, wrote faithfully to Newman to report the ups and downs of his illnesss. After a mourning period for him she married the Hon. Joseph [Constable-] Maxwell and became Mrs. Maxwell-Scott. She joined the band of writing ladies with some Catholic biographies and two books about Abbotsford and kept in touch with Newman at all times." |