The Autobiography of William Jerdan
THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF
WILLIAM JERDAN,
M.R.S.L., CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE REAL ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA
OF SPAIN, &c &c.
WITH HIS
Literary, political, and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence
DURING THE LAST FIFTY YEARS.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
ARTHUR HALL, VIRTUE, & Co., 25, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1852.
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TO
LORD CHIEF BARON, &c. &c. &c.
My dear Friend,
I beg your acceptance of this tribute of respect to your public
eminence and affection for your private virtues. The first I can only offer in common with
the universal voice of your country; but the last I hope you will allow me to boast as a
privilege and cherish as a happiness peculiarly my own. The knowledge of each other for
more than half a century may have made me somewhat garrulous in speaking of our early
times; but age has not altered nor abated the feelings of cordial esteem and regard which
began in youth, were increased in middle life, and now warm my breast with grateful and
kindliest emotions towards you and all who look up to and love you. If the most sincere
attachment can justify a dedication, you are too upright a judge to reject the plea of
My dear Friend,
Your’s most faithfully,
April 16th, 1852.
William Jerdan (1782-1869)
Scottish journalist who for decades edited the
Literary Gazette;
he was author of
Autobiography (1853) and
Men I
have Known (1866).
Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock, first baronet (1783-1870)
The son of a saddler, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and was MP for
Huntingdon (1831-44); he succeeded Lord Abinger as lord chief baron of the exchequer in
1844.
