The Creevey Papers
Lord Liverpool to Lady Charlotte Campbell, 28 January 1813
“Fife House, 28 Jany., 1813.
“Lord Liverpool
has the Honour, in answer to Lady Charlotte
Campbell’s note of this morning, to acquaint her Ladyship
for the Information of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales that the Prince
Regent, having permitted the Lord
Chancellor and Lord Liverpool to
communicate to His Royal Highness the Contents of the Letter which they had
received from the Princess in such manner as they might think proper, the
Letter of the Princess was read to His Royal Highness.
“His Royal Highness was not pleased to signify any
commands upon it.”
Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury [née Campbell] (1775-1861)
Scottish novelist, daughter of John Campbell, fifth duke of Argyll; in 1791 she married
John Campbell of Shawfield and Islay (1796) and in 1818 Edward John Bury; she was
lady-in-waiting to Queen Caroline (1809) and published
Diary illustrative
of the Times of George IV (1838). Thomas Creevey described her as “a very handsome
woman and somewhat loose.”
Queen Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1768-1821)
Married the Prince of Wales in 1795 and separated in 1796; her husband instituted
unsuccessful divorce proceedings in 1820 when she refused to surrender her rights as
queen.
John Scott, first earl of Eldon (1751-1838)
Lord chancellor (1801-27); he was legal counsel to the Prince of Wales and an active
opponent of the Reform Bill.
