The Creevey Papers
Lady Louisa Molyneux to Thomas Creevey, 26 December 1837
“Arlington St., Dec. 26, 1837.
“. . . Punch
Greville is at present our best resource, and Poodle Byng now and then drops in, it would be
ungrateful to say, without contributing
* Judge Advocate General. |
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much to our amusement. We have been tempted
today to go to the Magnetism—a most disagreeable sight; but nobody can
persuade me it is a sham. Its utility may be a question, but it is impossible
to see the poor people of all ages—some quite children out of the
hospitals—under the influence, and suppose they have been taught to
impose upon you. The best part of the entertainment was Lady Aldborough in an opera hat, large diamond
ear-rings, and rouged up to the eyes, trying to put the operator out of
countenance by her noisy questions, and bouncing out of the room, declaring
disbelief in the whole thing. . . .”
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 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.
