The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey, Journal entry, 30 October 1811
“Brighton, Oct. 30th.—The Prince
Regent came here last night with the Duke of Cumberland and Lord
Yarmouth. Everybody has been writing their names at the Pavilion
this morning, but I don’t hear ![]()
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of
anybody dining there to-day. . . . I presume we shall be asked there,
altho’ I went to town on purpose to vote against his appointment of his
brother the Duke of York to the
Commandership-in-Chief of the Army.
King Ernest Augustus, of Hanover (1771-1851)
The fifth and last surviving son of George III; he was king of Hanover 1837-1851. Though
acquitted, he was thought to have murdered his valet, Joseph Sellis.
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York (1763-1827)
He was commander-in-chief of the Army, 1798-1809, until his removal on account of the
scandal involving his mistress Mary Anne Clarke.
