The Creevey Papers
Henry Grey Bennet to Thomas Creevey, 23 July 1813
“Chillingham, 23 July, 1813.
“. . . I think Wellington’s observations about Murray shamefull: he would have been mad to
fight
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20,000 French with 12,000
Spaniards and 4000 English and Germans. As
usual—Wellington never allows an excuse, nor
ever enables an officer to execute anything. He left Beresford at Albuera in the same situation.”
William Carr Beresford, viscount Beresford (1768-1854)
The illegitimate son of George de la Poer Beresford, earl of Tyrone, and later first
marquess of Waterford; he was commander of the Portuguese forces in the Peninsular War,
raised to the peerage in 1823. Thomas Creevey complained of his “damned bad manners, or
rather none at all.”
William Harry Vane, first duke of Cleveland (1766-1842)
The son of Henry Vane, second earl of Darlington (d. 1792); educated at Christ Church,
Oxford, he was a lifelong friend of Henry Brougham and a notable sportsman.
Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G. during his
various Campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France, from
1799 to 1818. (London: Murray, 1834-1838). Released in parts, with later supplements.
