The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 10 May 1823
“10th May.
“. . . As I walked up to Lord King’s door yesterday, up drove Brougham’s carriage, and in it was
Mrs. Brougham
alone. So I handed her out, dressed like an interesting
villager, all in white, with a wreath of roses round her temples, and she made
Brougham’s apologies to Lady King for unavoidable absence on account
of business; so it was all very well, and I complimented her upon her
powers of face. I sat next to her at dinner, and her languishing was really
beyond all bearing.”
Henry Peter Brougham, first baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868)
Educated at Edinburgh University, he was a founder of the
Edinburgh
Review in which he chastised Byron's
Hours of Idleness; he
defended Queen Caroline in her trial for adultery (1820), established the London University
(1828), and was appointed lord chancellor (1830).
Lady Mary Anne Brougham [née Eden] (1785-1865)
The daughter of Thomas Eden; she married (1) the Scottish MP John Spalding (d. 1815) in
1807 and (2) Henry Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux in 1819.
Peter King, seventh baron King (1775-1833)
Whig politician, son of the sixth baron; he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College,
Cambridge before succeeding to the title in 1793. His son William married Ada Byron.
