The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 25 October 1820
“Brooks’s, Wednesday morning, ½ past 12.
“. . . Lady
Fitzwilliam goes to pay her respects to the Queen to-morrow. Lord
Fitzwilliam has been here to-night, quite pleased to tell of his
wife’s intention. . . . Lady Jersey
goes likewise. . . . Sir Willoughby
Gordon has just told me he was quite sure he saw 40,000 people,
with banners, pass through Piccadilly to-day on their way to the Queen. A
division from another body passed us by on the water to the same destination,
and saluted us with cannon as they passed.”
Queen Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1768-1821)
Married the Prince of Wales in 1795 and separated in 1796; her husband instituted
unsuccessful divorce proceedings in 1820 when she refused to surrender her rights as
queen.
William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, second earl Fitzwilliam (1748-1833)
The nephew of the Marquis of Rockingham and lifelong friend of Charles James Fox and Lord
Carlisle; he was president of the Council (1806-07) and lieutenant of the West Riding from
1798 to 1819 when he was dismissed for his censure of the Peterloo massacre.
Sir James Willoughby Gordon (1772-1851)
English military officer who was military secretary to the duke of York (1804),
quartermaster-general of the army in the Peninsula (1811), and quartermaster-general at the
Horse Guards (1812).
