“I enclose you a part of a letter from Grey. If you can speak to Brandling* upon the subject you may tell him
that in all the divisions we shall have this next week, either Mr. Pitt will be with us or we with him.
Charles John Brandling (1769-1826)
Of Gosforth House; educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, he was a Tory MP for
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1798-1812), brother-in-law of Thomas Creevey, and founder of the
Newcastle Pitt Club.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806)
Whig statesman and the leader of the Whig opposition in Parliament after his falling-out
with Edmund Burke.
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).
William Pitt the younger (1759-1806)
The second son of William Pitt, earl of Chatham (1708-1778); he was Tory prime minister
1783-1801.
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Author: Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838
Title:The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the
late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903).
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Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
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