The Creevey Papers
Thomas Sheridan to Samuel Whitbread, [April 1814]
[April, 1814.]
“Bonaparte has
signed his resignation—Bourbons proclaimed—Victor, Ney, Marmont, Abbé Sieyes, Caulincourt, &c., &c., &c., have sign’d. The
Emperor has a pension of 200,000 per ann.: and a retreat in the Isle of Elba. .
. . There are to be immense rejoicings on Monday—white cockades and
tremendous illumination. Carlton House to blaze with fleurs de lis, &c The
royal yatch is ordered to take the King
(Louis)—the Admiral of the Fleet the Duke of Clarence to command her—all true,
honor bright—I am just come from the Prince.
Louis XVIII, king of France (1755-1824)
Brother of the executed Louis XVI; he was placed on the French throne in 1814 following
the abdication of Napoleon.
Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821)
Military leader, First Consul (1799), and Emperor of the French (1804), after his
abdication he was exiled to Elba (1814); after his defeat at Waterloo he was exiled to St.
Helena (1815).
Michel Ney, first Duc d'Elchingen (1769-1815)
Marshall of France who covered Napoleon's retreat from Moscow and led the Old Guard at
the battle of Waterloo, for which he was tried and executed by firing squad.
Thomas Sheridan (1775-1817)
Actor, son of Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Elizabeth Linley; he was manager of Drury
Lane when it burned in 1808; he died of consumption, the disease that killed his
mother.
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836)
French writer and politician influential in the early days of the Revolution; he
contributed to the
Déclaration des droits de l'homme.
Scipion Victor, marquis de Chambonas (1750-1830)
Mayor of Sens, brigadier general, and Minister of Foreign Affairs under Louis XVI; he
fled to London where he was employed as a goldsmith before returning to France in
1814.
