“. . . Nothing could exceed the firmness and conduct
altogether of our Sovereign yesterday. I know from Lord
Grey that, when the latter stated the inconvenience that might
arise from proroguing by
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commission, but added that it was quite out of the question to ask his
Majesty to prorogue in person, the King
replied:—‘My lord, I’ll go, if I go in a hackney
coach!’”
Charles Grey, second earl Grey (1764-1845)
Whig statesman and lover of the Duchess of Devonshire; the second son of the first earl
(d. 1807), he was prime minister (1831-34).