“Tower, May 10, 1810.
“Pray look into this case—a job of the Church.
When will [you] come again to dinner? You shall have two bottles of claret next
time, and as good fish.
Thomas Creevey (1768-1838)
Whig politician aligned with Charles James Fox and Henry Brougham; he was MP for Thetford
(1802-06, 1807-18) Appleby (1820-26) and Downton (1831-32). He was convicted of libel in
1813.