The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 9 May 1831
“9th May.
“. . . I had a very good day yesterday at my dear
and old friend Essex’s—Lords
Sefton, Foley, Cowper, Ducie, and Du
Cane, Ellice and
Poodle Byng: then to Arlington Street
[the Seftons]; then to Dow.
Sally’s.* . . . I called yesterday on Niffy and the
Pop.† but both were out.”
Frederick Gerald Byng [Poodle] (1784-1871)
Son of John Byng, fifth viscount Torrington; he was a dandy acquaintance of the Prince
Regent and a clerk at the Foreign Office.
Peter Du Cane the younger (1778-1841)
Of Braxted Park in Essex; the third of the name; educated at St. John's College,
Cambridge, he was MP for Steyning (1826-30).
Edward Ellice (1783-1863)
British merchant with the Hudson's Bay Company and Whig MP for Coventry (1818-26,
1830-63); he was a friend of Sir Francis Burdett and John Cam Hobhouse.
Thomas Foley, third baron Foley (1780-1833)
Whig peer, the son of the second baron (d. 1793); educated under Samuel Parr at Hatton
and at Christ Church, Oxford, he was a privy councillor and Lord-Lieutenant of
Worcestershire (1831-33).
Barbara Palmer, duchess of Cleveland [née Villiers] (1640-1709)
The daughter of William Villiers, second viscount Grandison (1614-1643) and mistress of
Charles II, who granted her the title in 1670. Her sexual adventures were detailed in
Delarivier Manley's
The New Atalantis (1709).
Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, first earl of Ducie (1776-1840)
The son of Captain Francis Reynolds-Moreton, third Baron Ducie; he was educated at Eton
and Exeter College, Oxford and was colonel in the West Gloucestershire Militia and
F.S.A.
William Harry Vane, first duke of Cleveland (1766-1842)
The son of Henry Vane, second earl of Darlington (d. 1792); educated at Christ Church,
Oxford, he was a lifelong friend of Henry Brougham and a notable sportsman.
