The son of Sir Richard Pepper Arden, first Baron Alvanley; he was a friend of Beau Brummell with a reputation as a wit and a spendthrift.

REFERENCES TO William Arden, second baron Alvanley:

Samuel Rogers to Richard Sharp, [25 August 1812.] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, [January] 1819 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Maria Copley to Thomas Creevey, 12 January 1823 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Byron to the Earl of Blessington, 5 April 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 23 September 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 26 August 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 29 April 1835 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 5 May 1835 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Sydney Smith to Lady Holland, 14 May 1835 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)