The Creevey Papers
Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [February? 1815]
“Temple, Wedy.
“. . . The only remarkable thing I have to tell you
is that yesterday arrived a formal annunciation of our blessed Lady, the
Pss. of Wales, that early in May she
is to appear and make herself manifest in Kensington Palace. I had warned her
of her perils at Xmas, and she writes the letter to Jenky, officially, on 11th Jany. This is pretty well for a
morning cordial to our illustrious Regent.
Ferguson, M. Taylor and I t’other day made a party
and went to the Stakes—the Jockey*
in high force as also was Mister
Chairles Moris. The said Jy. begins to think the [illegible] blown upon by the great ribbon trade in which
P. has been dabbling; for he was pleased to speak of
‘ribbons of all sorts—blue and red,’ a kind of
disrespect not customary with him.
“I dined with Erskine t’other day in a large party, and he seems much
in fear of that subject being broached. I took occasion to congratulate him
twice of happy events that had happened since we met, and made each time a
short pause, so that he expected the Thistle was coming out; but I
added—the peace with America and Tom’s marriage. He was clearly hustled about his new
honour. Romilly made a very good joke
about it: he called him ‘The Green Man and Still,’ alluding
to his silence in the House of Lords.Ӡ
Queen Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1768-1821)
Married the Prince of Wales in 1795 and separated in 1796; her husband instituted
unsuccessful divorce proceedings in 1820 when she refused to surrender her rights as
queen.
Thomas Erskine, first baron Erskine (1750-1823)
Scottish barrister who was a Whig MP for Portsmouth (1783-84, 1790-1806); after defending
the political radicals Hardy, Tooke, and Thelwall in 1794 he was lord chancellor in the
short-lived Grenville-Fox administration (1806-07).
Hon. Thomas Erskine (1788-1868)
Scottish judge, the son of the Lord Chancellor Thomas Erskine, first baron
Erskine.
Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (1773-1841)
Scottish officer who served in India and fought with a Highland brigade; he was MP for
Dysart (1806-30) and Nottingham (1830-41).
Charles Morris (1745-1838)
English singer and songwriter; he was laureate to the Sublime Society of Beef Steaks, in
which capacity he came to know the Prince of Wales.
Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818)
Reformer of the penal code and the author of
Thoughts on Executive
Justice (1786); he was a Whig MP and Solicitor-General who died a suicide.
Michael Angelo Taylor (1757 c.-1834)
Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was MP (1784-34) for a variety of
constituencies; originally a Tory he gravitated to the Whigs over the course of his long
career.
