The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey, Journal entry, 5 November 1811
“Nov. 5th.—We were at the Prince’s both last night and the night before (Sunday). .
. . The Regent was again all night in the Musick Room, and not content with
presiding over the Band, but actually singing, and very loud too. Last night we
were reduced to a smaller party than ever, and Mrs.
Creevey was well enough to go with me and her daughters for the
first time. Nothing could be kinder than the Prince’s manner to her. When
he first saw her upon coming into the drawing-room, he went up and took hold of
both her hands, shook them heartily,
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made her sit down
directly, asked her all about her health, and expressed his pleasure at seeing
her look so much better than he expected. Upon her saying she was glad to see
him looking so well, he said gravely he was getting old and blind. When she
said she was glad on account of his health that he kept his rooms cooler than
he used to do, he said he was quite altered in that respect—that he used
to be always chilly, and was now never so—that he
never had a fire even in his bedroom, and slept with one blanket and sheet
only. . . .
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.