The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 30 September 1836
“30th.
“. . . I dined at Poodle
Byng’s on Monday—the Honble. Mrs.
Byng having been lady’s maid to the
Poodle’s mother. You know I have the greatest
aversion to playing at company with such kind of tits;
but as Charles Greville, Cullen Smith and Luttrell, and two or three more of your men upon town took no
objection, it was not for me to find fault.”
Frederick Gerald Byng [Poodle] (1784-1871)
Son of John Byng, fifth viscount Torrington; he was a dandy acquaintance of the Prince
Regent and a clerk at the Foreign Office.
Charles Culling Smith (1775 c.-1853)
The son of Charles Smith, governor of Madras; in 1799 he became the second husband of
Lady Anne Wellesley, sister of the Duke of Wellington; he was Under-Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs (1809).
Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794-1865)
The son of Captain Charles Greville (1762-1832); he was educated at Eton College and at
Christ Church, Oxford, and was clerk-in-ordinary to the privy council. His famous
Diary began appearing in 1874.
Henry Luttrell (1768-1851)
English wit, dandy, and friend of Thomas Moore and Samuel Rogers; he was the author of
Advice to Julia, a Letter in Rhyme (1820).
