The Autobiography of William Jerdan
Augustus Granville Stapleton to William Jerdan, 7 May 1827
“Downing Street, May 7, 1827.
“Sir,
“I have laid before Mr.
Canning, your letter of the 5th inst., to which he has given
every attention. He has come, however, to the conclusion, that, considering
that one of the great grounds of attack on the Government, is the influence
possessed by it over the Press, it is absolutely necessary that he should have
it in his power to deny in the House of Commons as distinctly as he now can do,
and as Lord Goderich has denied in the
House of Lords, that the influence of the Government has been employed to
induce the Press to support it.
“You will easily perceive how impossible it would be
for
* It was in pursuit of this science, and making
captures for Lady Mulgrave, that he
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Mr. C. to do this after consenting to adopt the project
which you recommend.
“I am, Sir,
“Your very faithful and obedient Servant,
George Canning (1770-1827)
Tory statesman; he was foreign minister (1807-1809) and prime minister (1827); a
supporter of Greek independence and Catholic emancipation.
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).
Mary Phipps, marchioness of Normanby [née Liddell] (1798-1882)
Whig hostess, the daughter of Thomas Henry Liddell, first baron Ravensworth; in 1818 she
married Constantine Phipps, marquess of Normanby. She was the original of Berengaria, Lady
Montfort, in Disraeli's novel
Endymion.
Frederick John Robinson, first earl of Ripon (1782-1859)
Educated at Harrow and St. John's College, Cambridge, he was a Tory MP for Carlow
(1806-07) and Ripon (1807-27), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1823-27), and prime minister
(1827-28) in succession to Canning.
Augustus Granville Stapleton (1800 c.-1880)
Educated at St John's College, Cambridge, he was private secretary to George Canning and
author of
Political Life of George Canning, 1822-1827 (1831).
