English diplomat; he was Whig MP for Appleby (1799-1802) and Camelford (1802-12), a friend and disciple of Charles James Fox, and ambassador to Constantinople, 1809-10. He was ridiculed by Canning and Ellis in The Rovers.

REFERENCES TO Sir Robert Adair:

Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Melbourne, [17 December 1801] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 21 January 1804 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Byron to Henry Drury, 3 May 1810 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to Mrs. Byron, 28 June 1810 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to Francis Hodgson, 4 July 1810 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

Lord Byron to Mrs. Byron, 30 July 1810 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to William Bankes, 26 December 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Robert Southey to Walter Savage Lander, 9 March 1814 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Lady Morgan to Lady Olivia Clarke, 4 February 1820 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 29 January 1821 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 February 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, 27 February 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, 3 March 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, 26 June 1830 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 19 August 1832 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 28 May 1836 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 Grey, 20 August 1844 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)