The Creevey Papers
Hon. Charles Grey to Charles James Fox, [January? 1804]
“I forgot yesterday to answer your question about
Brandling. He is not at present in
this county [Northumberland], and I don’t know whether he is in London or
in Yorkshire. Creevey, his
brother-in-law, will be able to suggest the best mode of applying to him; but I
should think, notwithstanding his hatred of the
Doctor, that he would not vote against him without Pitt.”
Charles John Brandling (1769-1826)
Of Gosforth House; educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, he was a Tory MP for
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1798-1812), brother-in-law of Thomas Creevey, and founder of the
Newcastle Pitt Club.
Thomas Creevey (1768-1838)
Whig politician aligned with Charles James Fox and Henry Brougham; he was MP for Thetford
(1802-06, 1807-18) Appleby (1820-26) and Downton (1831-32). He was convicted of libel in
1813.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806)
Whig statesman and the leader of the Whig opposition in Parliament after his falling-out
with Edmund Burke.
William Pitt the younger (1759-1806)
The second son of William Pitt, earl of Chatham (1708-1778); he was Tory prime minister
1783-1801.
