The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 9 October 1820
“House of Lords, 9th Oct., 10 o’clock.
“. . . The town is literally drunk with joy at this
unparalleled triumph of the Queen. There
is no doubt now in any man’s mind, except Lauderdale’s, that the whole thing has been a conspiracy
for money. The Ministers were down at Windsor yesterday, taking with them the
ould customer Lonsdale, and a new one in the Duke of
Rutland. . . .”
“4 o’clock.
“Captn. Flynn
of the polacre is just call’d. He is mad, and in trying to do too much
has, for the present, done harm; but it will be all set right to-morrow.”
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.
John Turner Flynn (1790 c.-1840 fl.)
Naval officer who was captain of Queen Caroline's yacht; he was a witness in her trials
in 1820, and in 1840 was convicted of forgery and transported for life.
James Maitland, eighth earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839)
Scottish peer allied with Charles James Fox; he was author of
An
Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, and into the Means and causes of
its Increase (1804) and other works on political economy.
