The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey, Journal Entry, 10 September 1818
“Thursday, 10th.—Barnes
took me out in his chaise about six or seven miles on the road towards
Bouchain, where we found the troops on their ground, and then we got on
horseback. The Saxon contingent I thought most beautiful, and the Danes I
thought the dirtiest dogs I ever in my life beheld.
“The Duke of
Kent’s appearance was atrocious. He was dressed in the
jacket and cap of his regiment (the Royals), and but for his blue ribbon and
star, he might have passed for an orderly sergeant. The Duke of Wellington’s appearance was, as it
always is on such occasions, quite perfect. I have never
seen any one to be compared to him. . . . After the review, we went back to
Valenciennes, and dined again with the Duke of Wellington.
. . . The party to-day was much less—about 40. Lord Darnley, I think, was the only additional stranger.
Sir Lowry Cole handed out Mrs. Hamilton, Sir
George Murray Miss Ord, and
General Barnes Miss E.
Ord,† and I got next to old Watkin, and talked over the Westminster election with him. In
the evening the Duke gave a ball, which was as crowded as the very devil.
Sir Edward Barnes (1776-1838)
Military officer; after service in the West Indies he was a staff officer under
Wellington in the Peninsular War and was severely wounded at Waterloo; he was Governor of
Ceylon (1824-31).
Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole (1772-1842)
The second son of William Willoughby Cole, first earl of Enniskillen; he was a brigade
commander in the Peninsular war and MP for Inniskillen (1798-1800) and Fermanagh (1803-23),
and governor of the Cape Colony (1828-33).
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).
Anne Hamilton [née Ord] (1782-1820 fl.)
The daughter of William Ord of Fenham; in 1816 she married Col. Andrew Hamilton (d.
1820).
Sir George Murray (1772-1846)
The son of Sir William Murray, of Ochtertyre, fifth baronet; he was a general who served
under Wellington in the Peninsular War and was afterwards a Tory MP and commander-in-chief
in Ireland (1825-28).
Elizabeth Ord (1789-1854 c.)
Of Rivenhall in Essex, the daughter of William Ord of Fenham and younger sister of
William Ord MP (1781-1855); she was the step-daughter and correspondent of Thomas Creevy.
Her will was made and proved in 1854.
Henry Stewart, duke of Albany (1546-1567)
The second consort of Mary Queen of Scots and father of James VI and I; his murderers
have never been discovered.
Charles Watkin Williams Wynn (1775-1850)
The son of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, fourth baronet; educated at Westminster and Christ
Church, Oxford, Robert Southey's friend and benefactor was a Whig MP for Old Sarum (1797)
and Montgomeryshire (1799-1850). He was president of the Board of Control (1822-28).
