The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 28 August 1820
“House of Lords, 3 o’clock, 28th August.
“. . . I met Lady
Charlotte Greville in the street yesterday, and walked a little
with her, when I found her fury against Brougham to be perfectly unbounded. I told her
her state of mind was everything I could wish, and so I left her. There is a
report about, said to rest on good authority, that the King sent for the Duke of
York yesterday, and that he wants to go to Hanover,* leaving the
Duke Regent.
Henry Peter Brougham, first baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868)
Educated at Edinburgh University, he was a founder of the
Edinburgh
Review in which he chastised Byron's
Hours of Idleness; he
defended Queen Caroline in her trial for adultery (1820), established the London University
(1828), and was appointed lord chancellor (1830).
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.
