The Creevey Papers
Major Andrew Hamilton to Thomas Creevey, 25 March 1815
“Saturday.
“Headquarters remain here for the present. The
Prince [of Orange] brings no news. All
is quiet. Lord March was sent to find out
where the King was ![]()
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on the 24th. His Majesty was not at Bruges,
and the Earl returned. If Lord
Wellington comes in a day or two or three, how Mrs. Creevey will crow over all the world!
For, rest satisfied, if Bony does not push
to-morrow (which he cannot do) his game for the present
is up, and a stand can be made on the ground we occupy, with the troops hourly
expected from Ostend, and with the Patrone!”*
Eleanor Creevey [née Branding] (d. 1818)
The daughter of Charles Branding (1733-1802); in 1779 she married William Ord (d. 1789)
and in 1802, the politician and diarist Thomas Creevey.
Louis XVIII, king of France (1755-1824)
Brother of the executed Louis XVI; he was placed on the French throne in 1814 following
the abdication of Napoleon.
Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821)
Military leader, First Consul (1799), and Emperor of the French (1804), after his
abdication he was exiled to Elba (1814); after his defeat at Waterloo he was exiled to St.
Helena (1815).
William II, king of the Netherlands (1792-1849)
Educated at Oxford, he was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington (1811), was briefly
engaged to Princess Charlotte, and succeeded his father in 1840.
