The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 16 March 1825
“London, March 16, 1825.
“. . . Sefton and
I have come to the conclusion that our Ferguson is insane. He quite foamed at the mouth with rage in
our Railway Committee in support of this infernal nuisance—the
loco-motive Monster,
licence; but, if swearing was
reckoned a grace in male conversation, slang was pronounced a disgrace
among ladies. * Lord
Darlington’s daughters. † Lord Arthur
Hill, second son of 2nd Marquess of Downshire, succeeded
his mother as Baron Sandys. |
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carrying eighty tons of goods, and
navigated by a tail of smoke and sulphur, coming thro’ every man’s
grounds between Manchester and Liverpool. He was supported by Scotchmen only,
except a son of Sir Robert Peel’s,
and against every landed gentleman of the county—his own particular
friends, who were all present, such as Ld.
Stanley, Ld. Sefton, Ld. Geo. Cavendish, &c.”
George Cavendish, first earl of Burlington (1754-1834)
The son of William Cavendish, fourth Duke of Devonshire; he was a Whig MP for
Knaresborough (1775-80), Derby borough (1780-97), and Derbyshire (1797-1831); he was raised
to the peerage in 1831.
Robert Ferguson of Raith (1768-1840)
Scottish advocate, MP, and mineral collector; there is a notable portrait by Henry
Raeburn, “The Archers.” In 1807 he was convicted of criminal conversation with Lady
Elgin.
Arthur Moyes William Sandys, second baron Sandys (1792-1860)
Irish military officer; he was the second son of Arthur Hill, second Marquess of
Downshire and Mary Sandys, Baroness Sandys; educated at Eton, he was MP for County Down
(1817-36) before he succeeded to the title.
William Harry Vane, first duke of Cleveland (1766-1842)
The son of Henry Vane, second earl of Darlington (d. 1792); educated at Christ Church,
Oxford, he was a lifelong friend of Henry Brougham and a notable sportsman.
