Educated at Harrow and University College, Oxford, he was a Whig statesman and improvident intimate of the Prince of Wales; he succeeded to the earldom in 1793.

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Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 22 August 1803 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Walter Scott to the Earl of Dalkeith, 11 February 1806 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Walter Scott to George Ellis, 20 February 1806 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Joseph Atkinson to Sydney Owenson, 24 August 1806 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning, 26 February 1808 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 6 January 1809 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Thomas Wallace to Sydeny Owenson, [January 1810?] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Sydney Smith to Lady Holland, 24 January 1811 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 25 [May] 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 26 May 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 27 May 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 28 May 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 29 May 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 1 June 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 5 June 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 6 June 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 8 June 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Moore to Leigh Hunt, August 1812 in “Lord Byron—Mr. Moore—and Mr. Leigh Hunt” in The Tatler 2 (11 January 1831) 441-43

Sydney Smith to Lord Grey, 17 August 1812 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Lord Byron to William Bankes, 28 September 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

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Thomas Moore to Leigh Hunt, [March?] 1813 in “Lord Byron—Mr. Moore—and Mr. Leigh Hunt [Continued]” in The Tatler 2 (12 January 1831) 445-46

Thomas Moore to Leigh Hunt, [March?] 1813 in “Moore’s Life of Byron” in Fraser’s Magazine 3 (March 1831) 238-252

Sir George Beaumont to Samuel Rogers, 13 November 1826 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

John Wilson Croker to John Murray, 21 January 1831 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 4 September 1834 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)