The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 6 February 1825
“Raith, Feby. 6th, 1825.
“. . . Soyez
tranquille as to Parliament—as to my having a seat
in it, I mean. You have already my mind on this subject . . . particularly as
to the value to one’s feelings of not being turned out on a notice or by
the intrigues of Ly. Holland, Ly. Blessington, &c., &c. . . . The death
of poor Thanet makes a great difference in
my feelings as to parliamentary attendance. It was due to him to be at my post;
I feel no such obligation to the present
earl or my dear constituents. . . .”
Elizabeth Fox, Lady Holland [née Vassall] (1771 c.-1845)
In 1797 married Henry Richard Fox, Lord Holland, following her divorce from Sir Godfrey
Webster; as mistress of Holland House she became a pillar of Whig society.
Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington [née Power] (1789-1849)
After a separation from a first husband in 1818 she married the Earl of Blessington; they
traveled on the Continent, meeting Byron in 1822; her best-known work,
Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron, originally appeared in the
New Monthly Magazine (1832-33).
