The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey, Journal entry, 23 October 1809
“Monday, Oct. 23.—Leave
Low Gosforth for Shotton, Ralph
Brandling’s, county of Durham. At Low Gosforth nothing but
eating and drinking. . . . We receive a very kind letter from Lord Milton, inviting us to his father Ld. Fitzwilliam’s at Wentworth, which we
are sorry we can’t accept.
Ralph Henry Brandling (1772 c.-1853)
The second son of Charles Brandling of Gosforth House; educated at St. John's College,
Cambridge, he inherited the estate from his brother Charles in 1826.
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.
