The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 24 February 1821
“24th Feb.
“. . . The Queen has bought Cambridge House in South Audley Street. . . .
Thanet and Sefton advanced the deposit money, £3000, this morning. I am
afraid you don’t see the Times, otherwise you would read in it
Holland’s apology for having said
in his speech in the House of Lords that the Emperor
of Russia was concern’d in his father’s death.
Lady Holland has never slept since;
Madame Lieven declines all further
intercourse with the Hollands, and, in short, the
contemptible statement in the Times, tho’ anonymous, is from
Holland himself, and made as his peace offering to the
Emperor of all the Russias,* the Lievens and the Princess
of Madagascar.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.
Elizabeth Fox, Lady Holland [née Vassall] (1771 c.-1845)
In 1797 married Henry Richard Fox, Lord Holland, following her divorce from Sir Godfrey
Webster; as mistress of Holland House she became a pillar of Whig society.
Henry Richard Fox, third baron Holland (1773-1840)
Whig politician and literary patron; Holland House was for many years the meeting place
for reform-minded politicians and writers. He also published translations from the Spanish
and Italian;
Memoirs of the Whig Party was published in 1852.
The Times. (1785-). Founded by John Walter, The Times was edited by Thomas Barnes from 1817 to 1841. In the
romantic era it published much less literary material than its rival dailies, the
Morning Chronicle and the
Morning
Post.
