The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 11 June 1827
“London, June 11th.
“. . . Lambton
has called upon Knighton and told him to
tell the King that the moment he heard at
Naples of the shameful way in which he [the King] had been treated by his
servants, he had travelled night and day to serve him;
in consequence of which, he is to dine and sleep one day
this week at the Cottage after Ascot. This comes from Ly. C. to her brother Denison. . . . Then Brougham is so anxious about dear Mrs.
Brougham that he has consulted Knighton
about her case, who is so good as to see her daily. Was there ever?* . .
.”
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.
William Joseph Denison (1770-1849)
Banker, landowner, and politician, he was a Whig MP for Camelford (1796-1802), Hull
(1806-07), Surrey (1818-32), and West Surrey (1832-49). He was the brother of Lady
Conyngham, mistress to George IV.
