The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 22 August 1803
“22nd Aug., 1803.
“. . . I saw a great deal of Sheridan. We dined together several times, got
a little bosky, and he took great pains to convince me he was sincere and
confidential with me. . . . A plan of his relates to Ireland, and it is the
substitution of a Council for the present Viceroy, the head of the Council to
be the Prince of Wales, his assistants to be
Lord Moira, Lord Hutchinson and Sheridan himself. The
Prince is quite heated upon the subject; nothing else is discussed by them.
Lord Hutchinson is as deep in the design as any of
them, but God knows it is about as probable as the ![]()
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embassy of old
Charley* to Russia. I believe Sherry is
very much in the confidence of the Ministers. They have convinced him of the
difficulty of pressing the King for any attentions to the Prince of Wales; he
is quite set against him, and holds entirely to the Duke
of York, who, on the other hand, is most odious to the Ministry.
. . . Have you begun your visits to Knowsley yet? . . . If you see Mrs. Hornby, cultivate her. She is an
excellent creature; her husband, the
rector, is the most tiresome, prosy son of a —— I ever met with,
but is worthy. . . .”
Charles James Fox (1749-1806)
Whig statesman and the leader of the Whig opposition in Parliament after his falling-out
with Edmund Burke.
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York (1763-1827)
He was commander-in-chief of the Army, 1798-1809, until his removal on account of the
scandal involving his mistress Mary Anne Clarke.
Geoffrey Hornby (1750-1812)
Of Scale Hall in Lancashire; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was high
sheriff of Lancashire (1774) and rector of Winwick.
Lucy Hornby [née Stanley] (1751 c.-1833)
The daughter of James, Lord Strange; in 1772 she married Geoffrey Hornby of Scale Hall
and had a family of seven sons and six daughters.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)
Anglo-Irish playwright, author of
The School for Scandal (1777),
Whig MP and ally of Charles James Fox (1780-1812).
