![]() ![]() ![]() He took the infant on long hikes across the fields of Kent, spoke to him of philosophy and poetry before he could possibly understand the words, and told him a bedtime story every night.īecause the viscount and viscountess were so young and so very much in love, it came as no surprise to anyone when, just two years after Anthony’s birth, he was joined by a younger brother, christened Benedict. ![]() Much to her own mother’s horror, Violet insisted upon nursing the boy herself, and Edmund never subscribed to the prevailing attitude that fathers should neither see nor hear their children. The Bridgertons were young parents-Edmund barely twenty and Violet just eighteen-but they were sensible and they were strong, and they loved their son with a fierceness and devotion that was rarely seen in their social circles. In 2020, the Last American to Receive a Civil War Pension has DiedĪnd so there were no parties, no fêtes, no celebration other than that of mother and father staring in wonderment at their new son. ![]()
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