The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 15 August 1833
“15th.
“The Earl [of
Sefton] called and took me to the levee yesterday in his fat
London coach, sitting with his back to the horses, and giving Mr. Treasurer the
post of honor, and so home again to Mrs. Durham’s*
great delight. My Sovereign only said:—‘How d’ye do,
Mr. Creevey?’—I
did not expect more. It was a very slender levee, but I had an agreeable
playfellow in Lord Grosvenor, ci-devant Belgrave,† and
Lord Grey came to me just after I had
passed the King, saying in his prettiest
manner:—‘Creevey, I have not seen
you for an age!’”
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.
Charles Grey, second earl Grey (1764-1845)
Whig statesman and lover of the Duchess of Devonshire; the second son of the first earl
(d. 1807), he was prime minister (1831-34).
Richard Grosvenor, second marquess of Westminster (1795-1869)
The son of the first marquess (d. 1845); educated at Westminster School and Christ
Church, Oxford, he was a Whig MP for Chester (1818-30), Cheshire (1830-32), and South
Cheshire (1832-34).
