The Creevey Papers
Samuel Whitbread to Thomas Creevey, 11 June 1814
“June 11, 1814.
“. . . The Emperor [of Russia] has as yet returned no answer nor returned
any civility to the Pss.’s message
and letter by St. Leger. They [the Princess of Wales,
&c.] go to the Opera to night, and if you were here she would be sure to be
well received. Why the Devil are you not here? Brougham will, I suppose, certainly stand for Westminster,
which will be favourable to him in the Cry that will be raised for him. You
must come and stop as long as you are wanted. The Pss. shall not compromise
anything.
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She is sadly low, poor Body,
and no wonder. What a fellow Prinny
is!”
Henry Peter Brougham, first baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868)
Educated at Edinburgh University, he was a founder of the
Edinburgh
Review in which he chastised Byron's
Hours of Idleness; he
defended Queen Caroline in her trial for adultery (1820), established the London University
(1828), and was appointed lord chancellor (1830).
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.
Anthony Butler St. Leger (1758 c.-1821)
The son of Maj. Gen. John St. Leger and younger brother of John Hayes St. Leger, the
rakish friend of the Prince of Wales; he was a companion of Queen Caroline called to
testify at her trial.
