The Creevey Papers
Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [January?] 1813
“Brooks’s, 1813.
“Come to town to-morrow for Mr. Prinney. Let me console you with the news that the fellow
was hissed to-day going to Court, and hooted loudly. All this is good . . . A
word or two upon the question of peace or war. Canning was down yesterday— ![]()
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Bogey* for war—Ld. Grey semi-pacific—Sam† the only peace-maker.
Prinney ill—dropsy,
[illegible], strictures, &c.—it will
do!”
George Canning (1770-1827)
Tory statesman; he was foreign minister (1807-1809) and prime minister (1827); a
supporter of Greek independence and Catholic emancipation.
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.
William Wyndham Grenville, baron Grenville (1759-1834)
Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was a moderate Whig MP, foreign secretary
(1791-1801), and leader and first lord of the treasury in the “All the Talents” ministry
(1806-1807). He was chancellor of Oxford University (1810).
Charles Grey, second earl Grey (1764-1845)
Whig statesman and lover of the Duchess of Devonshire; the second son of the first earl
(d. 1807), he was prime minister (1831-34).
Samuel Whitbread (1764-1815)
The son of the brewer Samuel Whitbread (1720-96); he was a Whig MP for Bedford, involved
with the reorganization of Drury Lane after the fire of 1809; its financial difficulties
led him to suicide.
