The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 16 February 1821
“Brooks’s, 16 Feb.
“. . . You never saw such a change in any person as
in Brougham. He is involved in the deepest
thought, and apparently chagrin. He never comes near Sefton, as was his daily custom, nor can we conjecture what he
is about. I think his false step about the Queen in advising her to refuse the money must surely have
something to do with it. He seems most wretched. Grey and Lambton and
Lady Louisa, &c., &c., are to
dine with the Queen to-morrow. . . .”
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.
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).
