John Henry Petty, second marquess of Lansdowne (1765-1809)
The son the first marquess (d. 1805), he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and was a
Whig MP for Chipping Wycombe (1786-1802).
Samuel Whitbread (1764-1815)
The son of the brewer Samuel Whitbread (1720-96); he was a Whig MP for Bedford, involved
with the reorganization of Drury Lane after the fire of 1809; its financial difficulties
led him to suicide.
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Source Description:
Author: Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838
Title:The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the
late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903).
Electronic Edition:
Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
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Publisher: Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Tech
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