The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 7 March 1825
“London, March 7th.
“. . . I wish you could hear Atty Hill’s† imitation of old Dowr Richmond upon the marriage that is about to take place
between Mrs. Tighe’s eldest son and a young
Lady [Louisa] Lennox. The Dowr. had
fixed her mind upon having Lord Hervey, which was more than he did, so
Tighe and the young one settled
their affairs. . . .”
Arthur Moyes William Sandys, second baron Sandys (1792-1860)
Irish military officer; he was the second son of Arthur Hill, second Marquess of
Downshire and Mary Sandys, Baroness Sandys; educated at Eton, he was MP for County Down
(1817-36) before he succeeded to the title.
Louisa Maddelena Tighe [née Lennox] (1803-1900)
The daughter of Charles Lennox, fourth Duke of Richmond; in 1825 she married William
Frederick Fownes Tighe, son of William Tighe.
William Frederick Fownes Tighe (1794-1878)
The son of William Tighe and the poet Mary Tighe; in 1825 he married Lady Louisa
Maddelena Lennox, daughter of the fourth Duke of Richmond; he was Lord-Lieutenant of County
Kilkenny.
