The Creevey Papers
Frances Ann Taylor to Thomas Creevey, 21 April 1827
“21st.
“. . . Brougham
was here last night in a state of insanity after the negociation between
Ld. Lansdowne and Canning was broke off, which it was, in
consequence
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of the former not consenting to an entire Protestant
Government in Ireland.* From this he went to a meeting he and Sir M.
Wilson got up at Brooks’s, consisting of Jack the Painter,† the Knight of Kerry, the
Calcrafts and a few more shabby
ones, anxious for place at any rate; and there it was agreed to send Ld. Auckland and the younger Calcraft to Ld. Lansdowne to
remonstrate, and to prevail upon him to renew the negociation. . . .
Brougham told me he had refused being
Attorney-General, but I don’t believe it was really offered to him, for I
hear the higher powers objected to him.
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).
John Calcraft the younger (1765-1831)
The illegitimate son of John Calcraft (d. 1772), he was educated at Harrow and Eton and
was a member of the Whig Club and MP for Wareham (1800-06, 1818-31), Rochester (1806-18),
and Dorset (1831). He cut his throat after betraying the Tories and voting for the Reform
Bill.
John Hales Calcraft (1796-1880)
Of Rempstone Hall; the third son of John Calcraft (d. 1831); he was educated at Eton and
Oxford and was MP for Wareham (1820-26, 1832-41, 1857-59).
George Canning (1770-1827)
Tory statesman; he was foreign minister (1807-1809) and prime minister (1827); a
supporter of Greek independence and Catholic emancipation.
John Singleton Copley, baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863)
The son of the American painter; he did legal work for John Murray before succeeding Lord
Eldon as lord chancellor (1827-30, 1834-35, 1841-46); a skilled lawyer, he was also a
political chameleon.
William Eden, first Baron Auckland (1744-1814)
Educated at Christ Church, Oxford, he was an English MP, statesman, diplomat, and author
who was raised to the peerage in 1789.
Thomas Spring Rice, first Baron Monteagle (1790-1866)
The son of Stephen Edward of Limerick; he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and
was MP for Limerick City (1820-32) and Cambridge borough (1832-39). He was chancellor of
the exchequer (1835-39) and contributed to the
Edinburgh
Review.
John Scott, first earl of Eldon (1751-1838)
Lord chancellor (1801-27); he was legal counsel to the Prince of Wales and an active
opponent of the Reform Bill.
Edward Stanley, first Baron Monteagle (1460 c.-1523)
The son of Thomas Stanley, first earl of Derby; fighting under Thomas Howard, earl of
Surrey, he was instrumental in the English victory at Flodden Field.
