The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey, Journal entry, 7 October 1809
“Saty., 7th.—We leave Howick with all kinds of
civilities—squeezing of hands, &c., as if all parties were as pleased
as Punch; and so, in fact, it was—they to get quit of us, and we to
regain our liberty. Get to Gosforth, Charles
Brandling’s, Mrs.
Creevey’s brother and member for Newcastle, an inveterate
Pittite, but who is quite stunned with the figure the Government has made.
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.
Eleanor Creevey [née Branding] (d. 1818)
The daughter of Charles Branding (1733-1802); in 1779 she married William Ord (d. 1789)
and in 1802, the politician and diarist Thomas Creevey.
