mrs Belford 5.6.1799 at C(harlotte) Smith's
Not in Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith / General William Belford of Royal Artillery of Harbledown Kent will PCC 1780 mentioned no wife, but two sons Gustavus & William, Mary Barber now living with me, and William Belford otherwise Barber aged 11, dated 23.9.1777 / Lt William Belford ADC to C in C d Aug 1794 Jamaica / Gustavus Belford of Southtown, Suffolk (Lt Col Royal Horse Guards 1798) will PCC 1817 mentioned 4 natural children by Ann Hotson, deceased (Gustavus, Priscilla, Ann & Charlotte Louise). / Mr & Mrs Belford arrived Bath 22.7.1793 (Fashionable arrivals Sun 24.7.1793) / Mrs Belford, Pepper St Chester 1797 / Died 22.8.1800 Bennet St Bath, Mrs Belford / Strangely Belford was the name of a character in Charlotte Smith's play What Is She? (1799) and was a more popular name in fiction than in real life, perhaps because of Samuel Richardson's Clarissa Harlowe