Memoir of John Murray
Benjamin Disraeli to John Murray, 30 March 1832
Duke Street, March 30th, 1832.
Dear Sir,
I am going to dine with Baron
D’Haussez, Baron de
Haber, et hoc genus,
to-day, and must report progress, otherwise they will think I am trifling with
them. Have you determined on a title? What think you of ‘A Cure for the Ministerial
Gallomania,’ and advertise, dedicated to Lord Grey. Pray decide. You are aware I have not
yet received a proof. Affairs look awkward in France. Beware lest we are a day
after the fair, and only annalists instead of prophets.
Your very faithful Servant,
Charles Grey, second earl Grey (1764-1845)
Whig statesman and lover of the Duchess of Devonshire; the second son of the first earl
(d. 1807), he was prime minister (1831-34).
Baron von Haber (1832 fl.)
German Jewish financier who collaborated with Benjamin Disraeli on
Gallomania (1832). He is possibly a Solomon von Haber (1760-1839).