1844 On the Wednesday January 3 Mary Tudor left & Sally Waring arrived & stayed till Friday. 8th January. Papa's birthday we had a dinner party & a very pleasant little dance in the evening. We & our friends played. Blanch, Alix & Wills came. Also Sally & Mary Waldo, Blanch, Alexander & W. slept here & we rehearsed "Bluebeard". 18th January the Kensington Ball where we met many people we knew & would have been very pleasant but for the immense crowd. Papa went with us! & actually   Jessy's father George Scott (1778-1859) Picture credit: Hammersmith and Fulham Archives Centre Notes 1) George Scott was deeply involved in the religious, social and business life around Hammersmith and was also a respected magistrate who provided generously to the causes of his poorer neighbours. 2) Mary Waldo b1796 is the daughter of Mary Scott and John Waring and Sally is her sister-in-law. Family Tree