Welcome to Episode 2 of the Letter Purse Profiles, and the world of Leontine de la Pasture, favourite niece of Dame Monica Gerard. Check out Episode 1, link below, if you haven't already.

In this series we follow the ancestors and descendants of Dame Gerard, once owner of a Georgian Letter Purse, now in the care of the Thorney Island Society, Westminster.

So sit back, relax with a nice cup of something, and get stuck into some scintillating social history.

The Letter Purse Profiles, episode 1:    • The Letter Purse Profiles