The Life of William Roscoe
Chapter V. 1795
The Earl of Bristol to Thomas Cadell, [January 1795]
“Lord Bristol’s
compliments to Mr. Cadell, and begs to
know the place of residence of Mr.
Roscoe, the ingenious, learned, and elegant author of the
‘Life of Lorenzo
de’ Medici’—what is his profession—what his resources in
life—what his connection—and what present of books, pictures, or statues might
be most welcome to him?”
Thomas Cadell the younger (1773-1836)
London bookseller, son of his better-known father; the younger Cadell entered into
partnership with William Davies in 1793. In 1802 he married Sophia Smith, sister of James
and Horace Smith of the
Rejected Addresses.
William Roscoe (1753-1831)
Historian, poet, and man of letters; author of
Life of Lorenzo di
Medici (1795) and
Life and Pontificate of Leo X (1805). He
was Whig MP for Liverpool (1806-1807) and edited the
Works of Pope,
10 vols (1824).
