“. . . There is old Basto [?
Pascoe] Grenfell from the City, who says
there is but one universal feeling of execration at poor
Clunch’s* project of taxing the
transfer of stock. In short, poor dear Whigs, it is sad work, gentlemen, sad
work! . . .”
Pascoe Grenfell (1761-1838)
Copper magnate and MP for Great Marlow (1802-20) and Penryn (1820-26).
John Charles Spencer, third earl Spencer (1782-1845)
English politician, son of the second earl (d. 1834); educated at Harrow and Trinity
College, Cambridge, he was Whig MP for Northamptonshire (1806-34) and chancellor of the
exchequer and leader of the lower house under Lord Grey (1830).
close
INFORMATION FROM TEI HEADER
Source Description:
Author: Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838
Title:The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the
late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903).
Electronic Edition:
Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
Encoding Description:
Markup and editing by: David Hill Radcliffe
Completed June 2011
Publication Statement:
Publisher: Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Tech
Availability: Published under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
License
