The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 7 September 1824
“. . . I had a most prosperous journey down here.
There never was such perfection of travelling. I left London at ½ past 8 on
Friday morning, and, without an
* He had paid a visit that morning to the new Bedlam,
south of Westminster Bridge. † Charles Cavendish
Fulke Greville [1794-1865], Clerk of the Council and
political diarist. |
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effort, and in a coach loaded with luggage, I was at
Doncaster by 5 the following morning—a distance of 160 miles! . . .
Lady Anson goes to town next week to be
present at the wedding of her niece, the pretty
‘Aurora’—‘Light of
Day’—Miss Digby . . .
who is going to be married to Lord
Ellenborough. . . . It was Miss Russell who
refused Ld. Ellenborough, as many others besides are said
to have done. Lady Anson will have it that he was a very
good husband to his first wife, but all my impressions are that he is a damned
fellow.”*
Lady Jane Elizabeth Law [née Digby] (1807-1881)
The daughter of Sir Henry Digby; in 1824 she became the second wife of Lord Ellenborough,
who divorced her in 1830 as she was embarking on the libertine adventures that involved
five marriages in as many countries.
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.
Michael Angelo Taylor (1757 c.-1834)
Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was MP (1784-34) for a variety of
constituencies; originally a Tory he gravitated to the Whigs over the course of his long
career.
