[2] Disaster came when her father suddenly died as his will left his estate to his son and Ann's half brother John Clavering.
With her elder sister married it was Ann, and nominally their cousin James Clavering, who had to find the funds to maintain the family and her sibling's education.
She found that the ambiguous position of the Clavering-Stella colliery's ownership was proving a temptation to others to redirect its profits in their direction.
She continued to write until she married in 1711 She passed judgement of on the Liberal (Whigs) battles with so-called churchmen including Nathaniel, Lord Crewe, bishop of Durham the Tory administration in Newcastle.
Other letters survive and from these it is possible to determine Lidell's bitterness towards her sister Mary and her successful marriage to Lord Cowper.
[1] Her husband dies in 1717 and she finds that he stands accused of mismanaging his affairs and Lidell takes on the role of his reputation's defender.