The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 10 June 1812
“House of Commons, Wednesday, 10th.
“Well, the
Doctor‡ succeeds Ryder as
Secretary of State for the Home Department; Lord Harrowby
succeeds the Doctor; Lord
Bathurst succeeds Lord
Liverpool, Bragge
Bathurst is Chancellor of the Dutchy—such is the worthy
new Administration. Is it not capital? so much for ‘No
predilections’ nor yet ‘resentments.’”
Charles Bragge Bathurst (1754-1831)
Originally Bragge; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, he was a Tory MP who
held high offices as the brother-in-law of Henry Addington.
Henry Bathurst, third earl Bathurst (1762-1834)
Tory statesman, the son of the second earl (d. 1794); he was master of the mint (1804),
president of the Board of Trade (1807-12), and secretary of state for war (1812-24).
Dudley Ryder, first earl of Harrowby (1762-1847)
Tory MP; Pitt's second in the duel with George Tierney (1798), he was friendly towards to
abolition of the slave trade and to Catholic emancipation.
