The Creevey Papers
Lady Charlotte Lindsay to Henry Brougham, [May? 1813]
“Wednesday.
“Everything went off remarkably well last night. We
waited at the D. of Brunswick’s till
we heard that the Duchess of Y[ork] was at
Vauxhall; we then
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proceeded there, and were much huzza’d and applauded
by the crowd at the door, and also by the people in the gardens, which was much
more than I had expected, having considered it always as the enemies’
quarters. There were a few hisses at last, but very few indeed. The Duke of Gloucester escorted the Pss. round the walks, and the Duke of Kent handed her out and took care of her to
the Duke of Brunswick’s house, where we supped. In
short, nothing could be more right and proper, dull and fatiguing, than our
last night’s adventures. . . .”
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.
Edward Augustus, duke of Kent (1767-1820)
The fourth son of George III, who pursued a military career and acquired a reputation as
a martinet; he was governor of Gibraltar (1802-03).
Richard Fitzpatrick (1748-1813)
English military officer, politician, and poet allied with Fox and Sheridan in
Parliament; he was secretary of state for war (1783, 1806) and author of
Dorinda, a Town Eclogue (1775).
Charles James Fox (1749-1806)
Whig statesman and the leader of the Whig opposition in Parliament after his falling-out
with Edmund Burke.
