will reach you before you set out for Cumberland, because I am
impatient to tell you that the Perfection of Nature is at this
instant the Perfection of Health. I came over here in my boat to
write my letter from a place where I am sure that your thoughts
carry you very often, and to make my letter from that local
circumstance more welcome to you. I brought over with me two, almost
the last, roses now in bloom, which I could find in the Duke's
garden; one of them would have been for you if you had been here,
because I know the complexion in roses which you prefer; so I have
desired Lady Caroline to smell to it sympathiquement. I found upon
my table at Richm(on)d, when I came down, as I expected, Lady
Sutherland's letter envelop(p)ee a la francoise, and in my next I
will transcribe so many extracts, as it shall be the same as if I
sent you the letter; but I am not sure that sending the original
itself would not be illicit without a particular permission from her
Excellency. I am much obliged to her for it, and shall do my best to
obtain more, although France is a country now which, if I could, I
would obliterate from my mind. Had this Revolution happened two
thousand years ago, I might have been amused with an account of it,
wrote by some good historian, or if it had happened but a few years
hence, I should not [have] felt about it as I do; as it is, the
event is too near for me not to feel as I do. I do not like to be
obliged to renounce my esteem for any individual, much less to think
ill of such numbers. The oppression suffered under the former
Government, or [and] the desire of giving to mankind the rights
which by nature they seem intituled to, are with me no excuse, when
a people sets out, in reforming, with acting in direct opposition to
all the principles which before they thought respectable, and really
were so, and, to become a free people, commence by being
freebooters. However, as this savours too much of party zeal, I will
have done with it; yet it is not relative to this country, which I
hope will be free from these calamities and abominations, and so I
need not fear expatiating sometimes upon the subject.
Me de Boufflers, la Reine des Aristocrates refugies en Angleterre,
was to see us yesterday in the evening, and to invite Mie Mie and me
to come sometimes to hear her daughter-in-law play upon the harp. I
did not expect melody in their heaviness, but I shall certainly go,
as the recitative part will be in French, and that you know is
always some amusement to me.
The Duke, I hear, will be in London to-night, and so may come to
Richmond to dine with us to-morrow. If he does, I shall be a little
embarrassed between my two Dukes, for the Duke of Newcastle(282)
expects me to dine and to lie at his house at Wimbledon. If I can
reconcile two such jarring attachments, I will; if not, I believe I
shall prefer my neighbour, as loving him very near as much as
myself. Well, Mr. C(ampbell) and Lady C(aroline) are going out in
their phaeton, so I shall now have done. . . .
(282) Thomas, third Duke of Newcastle (1752-1795)
(1790, Aug.? or Oct.?) Saturday, Isleworth.--. . . Mr. C(ampbell)
called upon me yesterday. He came to see my two pictures, which I
had cleaned by Comyns, and are very pretty, as Mr. C. allows, but he
will not assent to Comyns's opinion that they are Cuyp's, although
much in his style. Comyns values them at what they cost me, which
was 50 gs. or thereabouts. Mie Mie has them in her dressing-room,
and is vastly pleased with them. We all dine to-day at the
Castle.(283) Me la Comtesse Balbi(284) chooses to give a dinner
there to all her friends, the Me'sdames Boufflers, the Comte de
Boisgelin,(285) M. d'Haveri(?), &c. The Duke, Mie Mie, and I are
invited, and the Duke intends to bring Mr. Grieve with him, and as a
Member de la Chambre Basse he will pass muster, but he is most
wretched at the lingo. They will assemble in the evening at the
Duke's, where I suppose that there will be tweedle dum, and tweedle
dee, for the whole evening, till supper. George will not, after
this, call our house a hermitage; if it is, it is a reform of a
merry Order, in which neither St. Francis or St. Bruno have any
share.
Lady Graham(286) has got her Duche very soon. A report was spread
here yesterday that Prince Augustus(287) was dead, but it is
contradicted in the papers of to-day. Mr. C(ampbell) is gone to
town, but he and Mr. Grevil return to dinner.
I hope that Frederick liked my letter, and that in my letter to
Gertrude there was some bad French for her to correct, and then I
Shall hear from her again. I hope that William will be indulged in
staying here a day or two with his sister, and that George will not
fly away on his Pegasus to Oxford the instant he comes, although I
know that the Muses are impatient to see him, and will set their
caps at him the moment he comes. I hope that you approve of my
choice of what the colour of his gown is to be. I think a light blue
celeste, which Lord Stafford had, would be detestable, and scarlet
is too glaring. No; it must be a good deep green. I want to know the
name of his tutor. I hope that he will have a very good collection
of books in his own room, a sufficient allowance, and a hamper of
claret, en cas de besom. I think, if there are to be no hounds or
horses, we may compound for all the rest. But these I believe the
Dean will never suffer to be matriculated. . . .
I have some thought of going to pass a day in town when Warner
comes, and if I do I will certainly go there by Fulham, to see the
Dean. I have not heard one syllable about him a great while. You
know, perhaps that Pyrome(?) is discharged, and relegue a ses
terres. He (has) a mechante langue, and to keep himself in place he
should cut it out.
(283) The Castle Inn, Hill Street, Richmond. It was for many years a
fashionable resort as well as a noted posting house. Mrs. Forty, the
wife of a subsequent proprietor, was the subject of Sheridan's toast
at the Prince Regent's table--"Fair, Fat, and Forty."
(284) Mme la Comtesse de Balbi (1753-1832), celebrated for her
connection with the Comte de Provence, afterward Louis XVIII. At the
epoch of the Revolution she retired to Coblentz with Monsieur.
Leaving him she came to England, where she remained until the First
Consul permitted the emigres to return to their homes, but she was
soon discovered to be engaged in royalist intrigues and exiled; her
endeavours to obtain the royal favour at the Restoration were vain.
(285) Louis de Boisgelin de Kerdu, Chevalier of Malta (1750-1816),
historian; brother of the Cardinal.
(286) Caroline, daughter of the fourth Duke of Manchester, married,
in July, 1790, the Marquess of Graham, who succeeded his father as
third Duke of Montrose in September of that year.
(287) Augustus, Duke of Sussex, died 1843.
(1790,) Aug. 12, Thursday m(orning), 8 o'clock, Richmond.--I sit
down now to write you with some satisfaction, because that I shall
have to tell you, towards the end of my letter, that Caroline is
perfectly well, but you must have patience; I have not seen her
to-day; I shall finish my letter at Isleworth. At present, I only
know that about 12 o'clock last night she eat plumb cake and drank
wine and water in my parlour--she, Mr. Campbell, and Mie Mie, and
who besides I have not yet asked. I was in bed when she came; it was
an heure perdue, but not lost upon me, for I was not asleep, nor
could sleep till I heard that those two girls were come home safe.
From what, in the name of God? you will say. From seeing that
etourdi Lord Barrymore(288) play the fool in three or four different
characters upon our Richmond Theatre. Well, but what did that
signify? Nothing to me; let him expose himself on as many stages as
he pleases, and wherever the phaeton can transport him, but he comes
here, and assembles as many people ten miles around as can squeeze
into the Booth. I had every fear that Mrs. Webb's nerves or mine
could suggest: heat in the first place; I considered Car's
situation; an alarm, what difficulty there might be of egress; but
we provided, Mr. Campbell and I, against everything. Mrs. Vanheck,
who has a most beautiful place at Roehampton, came and carried Mie
Mie into her box. Places were separated in the pit; at first Lady
C(aroline) was to have been there with Mrs. Woodhouse, etc.; but, I
say, the egress was the point I wished for, and looked to. I got two
places, by much interest and eloquence, in the hind row of the front
box. A door opened into the lobby, and from the lobby you go
directly into the street. So I shall hear, I suppose, to-day that
all went au mieux.
I did not expect them to be clear of the House till near 12, so went
into my room, and soon after to bed, but I slept well. For I had
heard of them. They were all, I tell you, before 12 in my parlour,
eating cake and chattering, and talking the whole farce over, comme
a la grille du convent. I can at present tell you no more, but I was
impatient to begin my letter a cette heure; j'ai en quelque facon
satisfait a mon envie. I shall embark at eleven for Isleworth, and
hope with a fair wind to land at Campbell-ford stairs in ten minutes
after. From thence I will finish my letter. I shall there have the
whole en detail. The Prince and the Duke of Q. were expected, but I
heard from my servants nothing of them.
Il fait un lien beau tems; c'est quelque chose. It has come late,
and to make us only a short visit I suppose, and to tell us that we
shall have a better autumn than we have had a summer; no courtier
cajoles one like a fine day. Yesterday was a fine day also, and I
completed, as they call it, my seventy-first year. I dined at your
sister's.(289) Mr. Campbell and Car and Mie Mie were to have been of
the party; they had an apology to make, I had none. 71 is not an age
to Barrymoriser. There were only Mr. Woodcock and his wife. I met on
my return their Majesties, que j'ai salues; and so ended my day.
(288) Richard Barry, seventh Earl of Barrymore (1769-1793). Lord
Barrymore was brilliant, eccentric, and dissipated, and in his short
life he managed to spend 300,000 pounds and encumber his estates. He
gambled, owned racehorses and rode them, played cricket, and hunted.
He had a strong taste for the stage. At Wargrave-on-Thames he had a
private theatre adjoining his house, and liked to make up companies
with a mixture of amateurs and professionals. He is the prototype of
many modern and aristocratic spendthrifts. He was killed by an
accident when he seemed about to be giving up his wild career for a.
more useful life. He accepted a commission in the Berkshire Militia
and threw himself into his work with characteristic zest. When
escorting some French prisoners near Dover, the gun which was in his
carriage accidentally exploded and wounded him fatally. (See "The
Last Earls of Barrymore," by J. R. Robinson, London, 1894.)
(289) Lady Louisa Leveson-Gower, married to Sir Archibald Macdonald
in 1777. She died 1827.
(1790, Aug. 12,) one o'clock, Richmond.--I have been at Isleworth. I
found Car very well, and at her painting, with the Italico Anglico
artiste of Mr. Campbell's, and Mr. Lewis. Mr. C(ampbell) was gone to
London. They were asked to dine to-day at Fulham Field, that is, I
think, the name of the Attorney Gen(era)l's(290) place. I am not
sure if she told me that they intended to go. Lord Barrymore danced
the pas Russe with Delpini, and then performed Scaramouche in the
petite piece. I asked how he danced; Mr. Lewis said very ill. How
did he perform the other part? execrably bad. "Do you think," I
said, "that he would have known how to snuff the candles?" "I rather
think not," says Mr. Lewis. Mie Mie is more satisfied with his
talents; she thought him an excellent Escaramouche; ce seroit
quelque chose au moins. But I am more disposed to think that Mr.
Lewis is in the right, and I hope, for the young nobleman's own
sake, that toutes les fois qu'il s'avise de se donner en spectacle,
et faire de pareilles folies, il aura manque a sa vocation. Sa mere
ne jouoit pas un beau role, mais elle y a mieux reussi.
But enough at present of this. No harm of any sort has come from it,
but Mie Mie tells me that Mr. Campbell's anxiety the whole time was
excessive. After all, she was not in the places which I had provided
for the greater security, but went into those which were originally
intended for her. The Prince was there, but not the Duke of York, or
my friend the Duke of Q.
Now a d'autres choses. I have in my last fright forgot one where
there were better grounds for it. The day I wrote to you last, as
you know, I was at Isleworth. Coming from thence, and when I landed,
the first thing I heard was that people with guns were in pursuit of
a mad dog, that he had run into the Duke's garden. Mie Mie came the
first naturally into my thoughts; she is there sometimes by herself
reading. My impatience to get home, and uneasiness till I found that
she was safe and in her room, n'est pas a concevoir. The dog bit
several other dogs, a blue-coat boy, and two children, before he was
destroyed. John St. John, who dined with me, had met him in a narrow
lane, near Mrs. Boverie's, him and his pursuers. John had for his
defence a stick, with a heavy handle. He struck him with this, and
for the moment got clear of him; il l'a culbute. It is really
dreadful; for ten days to come we shall be in a terror, not knowing
what dogs may have been bitten. Some now may have le cerveau qui
commence a se troubler.
John(291) has a legacy from Lord Guilford(292) of 200 pounds a year,
the General(293) one of a thousand pounds; Mr. Keene has a hundred.
He has left in legacies about 16,000 pounds, as Mr. Williams tells
me, but not much ready money besides. His estate was about 2 or
3,000 per annum. It is to be a Peer, I hear, who shall succeed him.
I will write no more to-day. I will send you the extract from Lady
Sutherland's(294) letter in my next. The President has told me this
morning that Mr. Neckar(295) a faille d'etre pendu. Il voulut tirer
son epingle du jeu; il fut sur le point de partir; on ne pousse pas
la Liberte a ce point en France; il n'avait pas demande permission a
la Populace; ainsi, sans autre forme de proces, on voulut le
conduire du Controle a la Lanterne. I am glad to hear that the brats
are well. You set off, I understand, on Tuesday; so this will find
you in your Chateau antique et romanesque. J'en respecte meme les
murailles; tout y a un air si respectable.
I will write to my Lord in a few days, and when I hope to have seen
the Dean, but from what his neighbour Mr. Woodcock told me
yesterday, I shall have nothing very comfortable to tell him
touchant la sante de son bon precepteur, ni sur la mienne; elle
exige un management et une regime que je n'ai pas encore observee
avec la rigueur necessaire.
Now I expect a troupe of French people whom I met in a boat, as I
came this morning from Isleworth--le M. de Choiseul, Me de Choiseul,
&c. I have engaged myself to go with them to Mr. Ellis's, because it
belonged to Mr. Pope. I said I must go home to finish mes depeches,
but I expect them every minute. Je sers d'entreprete entre le M. de
Choiseul et Me sa femme.
My love to George. I hope that le Chateau de ses ancetres a pour lui
des charmes. I read a great deal of the Howards in Pennant's(296)
book. It is the only part that gives me pleasure; such an absurd
superficial pretender to learning I never met with, and after all of
what learning! Then he tries to copy Mr. Walpole's style in his Book
of Antient Authors; le tout est pitoyable. Adieu, dear Lady
Carlisle; si vous pouvez supporter tout ce bavardage, cest parce que
vous aimez votre fille, qui en est en partie la cause.
(290) Sir Archibald Macdonald, afterward Chief Baron of the
Exchequer.
(291) John St. John.
(292) Francis North, Earl of Guildford (1704-1790), father of the
statesman.
(293) Henry St. John.
(294) Wife of William, seventeenth and last Earl of Sutherland.
(295) Jacques Necker (1732-1804), the famous financier. He married
Mdlle. Curchod, Gibbon's one attachment. Their only child became the
celebrated Mme. de Stael. In 1790 he finally was forced to retire
from office as Director-General of Finance.
(296) Thomas Pennant (1726-1798), the naturalist and traveller,
author of several "Tours" in the British Isles which have become
classics. His energy in travelling and scientific spirit and
capacity of observation made him too modern for Selwyn and his
friends: Walpole said that, Penaant picked up his knowledge as he
rode.
(1790,) Aug. 22, Sunday, Richmond.--.. . I have nothing (more) to
tell you of Caroline, than that we saw her yesterday in the
afternoon, en passant, that is, in her boat, which was full of the
company she had had at dinner, and which, as Mie Mie told me, were
the Greggs, but ayant la vue courte, I could not distinguish,
myself, who they were.
My garden was as full as it could hold of foreigners and their
children--Warenzow's boy and girl, and the Marquis de Cinque
minutes, who, of all the infants I ever saw, is the most completely
spoiled for the present. His roars and screams, if he has not
everything which he wants, and in an instant, are enough to split
your head. His menace is, "Maman, je veux etre bien mechant ce soir,
je vous le promets."
The Duke was in the best humour the whole day I ever saw him, who
you know has been at times as gate as the other. He said that my
dinner was perfect, and so it was dans son genre. The ladies were
much pleased with their reception, and the Duke took such a fancy to
them, and to the place, that he believes that he shall be more here
than anywhere, and he went to town intending to send down all
preparatives for residence. Me de Bouflers told me que je m etois
menage une tres jolie retraite, and indeed at this time it is
particularly comfortable to me, and the circumstance of Caroline
having a house so near is not by any means the least of its
agremens. . . .
Monday.--Yesterday was a fine day, but neither news or event; on the
Thames une bourgeoisie assez nombreuse, and in the Gardens. I saw
our friends at Isleworth in the morning, before they went out in
their phaeton. They were going to Lord Guilford's, and to-day dine
at Mr. Ellis's. I believe that Madame de Roncherolles dines at Mr.
Walpole's, for she has sent to me to carry her. I do not dine there
myself, but shall go to fix with Mr. Walpole a day for Caroline and
Mr. C(ampbell) to see Strawberry Hall. Her journey to Lady
Egremont's is put off for a week. To-morrow I go to Fulham, and from
thence to London, from whence I return on Wednesday. Mie Mie and I
dine at Isleworth when I return. Mr. Grevil is to be with them this
week.
Bunbury is returned from Portsmouth; his news to me were, that the
emigration from France thither increases every day, and that in the
provinces, as these people say, who are come last from France, the
revolt increases, and a desire for the old Constitution. In Britany
and Normandy the party is very formidable. M. de Pontcarre,
President of the Parlement de Rouen, is in London; so there is
another President for me, if I choose it. The young French people
and their wives dined yesterday, as they usually do, at the Castle.
. . .
(1790 Aug. 23?) Monday night, 11 o'clock, Richmond.--I wrote to you
this morning, reserving to myself the liberty of lengthening my
letter, after I shall have seen Caroline for the last time before
her return from Cliveden, where it was her intention to go to-morrow
for a week or ten days, c'est selon; but I must begin this appendix
tonight, late as it is. I am still waiting till these French Ladies
come with Mie Mie from the play. It is Mr. Parson's benefit, and was
expected to be very full. The evening is cold, that is something,
but I must see Mie Mie before she goes to bed.
We were to-day at dinner ten, besides the Duke; Madame de Boufflers,
the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, M. de Calonne, The Fish,
Thomas,(297) Mie Mie and myself. I had liked (sic) to have forgot
Lady E. Forster, que l'on n'oublie pas souvent, dans cette partie au
moins; but now on sonne deja; le reste donc sera pour demain, et
pour quand j'aurai ete l'autre cote de la Riviere; so, for the
present, I wish you a good night, my dear Lady Carlisle.
Tuesday morning, Isleworth.--Now, to begin my letter properly, and
in course, it would be to say "Good morrow" to you, or, as they say
in Ireland, "Good morrow morning" to you, my dear Madam.
I hastened my coming here lest they should be gone, but they do not
set out till after dinner. Caroline is well enough to take a much
longer journey than from hence to Cliveden. I came with a commission
from the Duke to invite them to dinner, to meet the Princess
Chatterriski, whom I suppose you know; I find that she is no
favourite of Lady C(aroline), nor is her friend D'Oraison of mine,
but he comes to. The Duke left me to go and invite the Boufflers,
but whether they will come or not I do not know.
Calonne would have entertained yesterday. You never in your life saw
any man so inveterate as he was against M. de la Fayette, and, to
say the truth, he had reason, if all was true which he imputed'to
him, as I believe it was. But what diverted me the most was, that
Fayette had seriously proposed to make him, Calonne, King of
Madagascar. Surely there never was, since the Earl of Warwick's
time, such a king-maker. I would to God that he had accepted of the
diadem, but then perhaps he would not have dined with us yesterday.
Il en contait a Madame la Duchesse, and sat at dinner between her
and Lady E. Forster, avec qui je faisois la conversation; the Duke
over against us on the other side of the table, comme la Statue dans
le Festin de Pierre, never changing a muscle of his face. The
Marquis was above, and there Me la Duchesse lui donna a diner. I was
determined upon an audience, and found l'heure du berger. He
received me avec un sourire le plus gracieux du monde, and I was
obliged to present my address of compliments. But I think that the
Nurse is a bad physiognomiste if she did not see that what I said,
and what I thought, were not d'accord. He is like the Duke if he is
like anything, but a more uninteresting countenance I never saw--
fair, white, fate, sans charactere. In short, on a beau faire, on a
beau dire. If un enfant ne vous tient d'une maniere ou d'autre, I
cannot admire it as I am expected to do; and what a difference that
makes will be seen two months hence. Toutes mes affections parlent
due meme principe. The Duchess offended me much by coming with a
couronne civique, which is a chaplet of oak leaves. In England they
are a symbol of loyalty. Il n'en (est) pas de meme en France. I
asked if she wore it before the Queen; I was told yes. Je ne
comprens rien a cela.
The whole behaviour of the Queen, in her present wretched,
humiliated state, is touchante et interessante au dernier point.
Elle ne rit, que quand elle ne songe pas a ses malheurs. At other
times she is, as Polinitz says of K(ing) James's Queen, when he saw
her after the Revolution, une Arethuse. M. le M(arquis) de la
Fayette comes to the Tuilleries, and although he be really no more
or less than the jailer, he is received with graciousness.
But now, four les Evangiles du jour. I had a letter from Warner this
morning before I left Richmond, dated last Thursday night. Your
brother's courier did not, however, leave Paris till the morning of
Friday. Warner's words are these:--"The courier goes to carry the
news of the Decree, of fitting out 25 ships of the line, and
adhering to the Family Compact in the defensive Articles, which
looks so like a war that it frightens us with the apprehension of
being sent packing home to you, or rather without packing."
If the consequence of a war is your brother's return to this
country, I do not think it a misfortune to him, and I wish, no other
may happen to us, than the expense at which we must be to support
one campaign against these United Powers. Still I am of opinion that
peace will follow immediately these preparations. But Calonne
alarmed me yesterday, when he said, that he thought that the
National Assembly would draw them into a war with us. He had not
then received his dispatches. I shall hear a great deal of it
to-day, true or false, from D'Oraison.
Mrs. Bartho is already gone to Lady Lewisham. Caroline stayed to
dine in town, and they returned here about six. I think that Mr.
C(ampbell) seems to-day not determined to stay so long at Cliveden
as he thought to do. I shall wish them to return, be it only that I
may have the more to say to you, and the better security for my
letters being well accepted.
I hope that George was amused at the York races. I have seen this
morning in Lizy's letter that he was there. Vixen is sitting for his
picture, and this is all the news of Isleworth. I may have more to
tell Lord C(arlisle) when I write to him, which I shall do by the
next post. My love to them all, you know whom I mean.
What does Lord C. mean by calling himself alone? Peut-on etre mieux
qu'au sein de sa famille? That was part of an ariette which M. de la
Fayette's music played the day the K(ing) went to the Hotel de
Ville, as I have been informed by a pamphlet, wrote to abuse Mr.
Neckar, and which is incomparably well wrote. I will get it for
George if he desires it, and will promise to read it. I am afraid
that he is too much of (a) Democrate, but as a lover of justice, and
of mankind, and of order and good government, he would not be so
long, s'il vouloit se rendre a mes raisons; mais il croit que je
n'en ai pas, et que je me retranche a dire des invectives, sans
avoir des argumens pour soutenir mon systeme; en cela il se trompe.
God bless him; je l'aime de tout mon coeur, et je l'estime aussi,
qui est encore davantage.
(297) Thomas Townshend.
(1790,) Sept. 4, Saturday m(orning), Richmond.--. . . My larder is
rich from Mr. C(ampbell's) chasse. I had some game the day after the
first hostilities against the partridges commenced. . . . Our
foreign connections here increase; le Comte de Suffren and his
family are going to establish themselves here in a house above the
Bridge, and on the banks of the River. He came to the Duke's(298)
yesterday, where we dined, and stayed with us the whole evening. He
is an aristocrate, and a great sufferer by the troubles in France,
but he is a very sober, moderate man, and intelligent. The Duke
liked his company very much.
I am loaded now with pamphlets upon this great and extraordinary
event; some entertain me, some not. I like much what I have just
been reading, which is the opinion of the Abbe Maury,(299) delivered
in the National Assembly, upon the executif and legislatif power, in
regard to declaring war, and concluding treaties of commerce and
alliance. There is a great deal of good sense in it, and comes the
nearest to my own opinion of what has passed. I suppose that Lord C.
has read it. I hope that George will read it too. If I was sure that
the speech was not at Castle H. I would transcribe some passages out
of it, a sa consideration.
I desire very much to be of his mind about everything, but, if he is
a Republican, I have done with him. If he will in his Republican
system throw in a little royal authority as ballast, we shall soon
come to an agreement. I wish him to come neuf to all those great and
important questions, and examine them sans l'esprit de systeme,
without prejudice and strong inclination to be of either side, but
to investigate the truth, and adopt it. Il est fait pour raisonner;
il commence etre d'un age ou le jugement acquerera tous les jours de
la maturite. My love to him, I beg.
I think Lady Derby mends in appearance; the Duke and I go often to
her. I would cross the water and make the Duchess a visit, but that
I think it right to forbear going in a carriage as long as I can;
and then, perhaps, I may go with safety to London, from time to time
to see Caroline, when she removes thither. . . .
(298) Queensberry.
(299) Jean Siffren Maury, abbe, the eloquent supporter of the
monarchical cause.
(1790,) September 7, Tuesday, 8 o'clock, Richmond.--. . . . I was
surprised in the evening with a visit from Mr. Campbell. We were au
dessert, that is, the party which dined here after they returned
from Egham. . . . His visit put out of my head, in a minute, all the
pretty French phrases which I was brewing. . . . Mr. C. stayed to
converse with the Welch heiress, to talk with Me de Choiseul upon
Greece and the Archipele, and of his uncle's voyage pittoresque, and
he spoke a great while in Italian with Me la Comtesse de Suffren. I
long to hear, as I shall this morning, his opinion of the party. I
asked them (a) few questions about their day's sport; it was a
novelty with which I know that they would be pleased.
So Me de Choiseul has obtained leave of her husband, I believe
without much difficulty, to stay here one day more. I shall, for my
part, make no efforts to detain them. Me de R. has explained to me
sufficiently en quoi consiste la mauvaise conduite du Marquis. But
young people ne regardent que le surface. The Duke did not return; I
believe that he dined and lay at Oatlands. His horse had a violent
fall; but I heard of no other event. I suppose he may have lost by
that accident.
I know as yet no more of Mr. C(ampbell's) motions than that he and
Lady C. go to town this morning, but return to dinner. We shall dine
with them, when these Races are over; they finish to-morrow.
I sat yesterday morning a great while with the Fish's friend, Me de
Roncherolles. Entre nous, I like her much more than any of the whole
set. She has neither du brillant dans son esprit, ni une infinite de
grace dans ses manieres, je l'avoue, mais, elle est sans
pretensions, et avec beaucoup de bon sens, meme de la solidite, et
elle est instruite suffisamment. Mr. Walpole ne lui donne pas la
preference. He must have something de l'esprit de l'Academie, &c.,
something of a charactere marque. Je ne cherche rien de tout cela;
je suis content du naturel, et de trouver une personne raisonnable,
honnete, et de bonne conversation. She is going to-day for a week or
more to Lady Spencer's at St. Alban's. I am sure that it is not
there, que je trouverois cette simplicite qui me plait. But this,
till it is time to embark for Isleworth, when I shall have something
more interesting to talk of than the perfections of Me de
Roncherolles. . . .
(1790, Nov.?) Thursday, Richmond.--You are so good, when you do not
see me or hear of me, to be desirous of having some information of
my state of health and existence. Now I must let you know that I
have at this moment every distress, negative and positive, that I
can have, et les voici. My negative one is, being for the moment in
an impossibility of going to town to see you, Caroline, and the
bambino, and that is enough, for it would be a great pleasure to me,
as you must imagine. Then, I am, in a manner, here with one single
servant. Pierre has left this house to go to his own, where he is
very well looked after by his wife, and is (as) comfortably lodged
as it is possible to be; but he is, as Mr. Dundas tells me, in a
very perilous situation, and yet, by excessive care, may recover.
He has been my doctor lately instead of his own, and given me,
daily, powders which he said were the bark, and which I was to take.
No such thing; they were powders of a different sort, which, it is
fortunate, have done me no mischief. They were in the drawer, and so
brought to me as bark. Dundas thought I neglected myself, and
rejected the prescription. I maintained that I had missed taking the
bark but one day. He knew the contrary from his shop book, and
to-day only the mystery was cleared up.
My next grievance is, that je peris de froid; j'en mis penetre au
pied de la lettre, and the reason is plain, but why I did not
discover it myself is hardly to be conceived. I have no clothes; my
stockings are of a fine thin thread, half of them full of holes; I
have no flannel waistcoat, which everybody else wears; in short, I
have been shivering in the warmest room sans scavoir pourquoi. But
yesterday there was a committee at the Duke's upon my drapery, and
to-day a tailor is sent for. I am to be flannelled and cottoned, and
kept alive if possible; but if that cannot be done, I must be
embalmed, with my face, mummy like, only bare, to converse through
my cerements. Then, my other footman, the Bruiser, is that, and all
things bad besides; he is not an hour in the day at home, and is
gaming at alehouses till 12 at night; so the moment that I can get
any servant that is tolerable to supply his place I shall send him
out of the house, sans autre forme de proces; but, till he is gone,
my whole family lives in terror of him.
It is amazing to what a degree I am become helpless; nothing can
account for it but extreme dotage, or extreme infancy. I wish
Barthow had left Lady Caroline, and was here only to dress me in
warmer clothes, but she goes from here, I hear, to Lady Ailesford,
so that I must not think of lying in and being nursed for some time.
. . .
(1790,) Dec. 8, Wednesday, Richmond.--You have bean at C(astle)
H(oward) ever since Monday sevennight, and not one single word have
you received from your humble slave and beadsman. . . . Here is now
come a snip-snap letter of reproach from Lady Ossory for not having
answered her letter of compliments upon Lady Caroline's delivery. I
received yours on Sunday. That was no post day, so I resolved to
answer it in Berkley Square on Monday. But I did not set out till
three o'clock, lost all the fine part of the morning, and did not
get to town till five in the afternoon--dragged for two hours, two
whole hours, through mud, and cold, and mist, till I was perishing;
so that when I had eat some dinner I was fit for nothing but to go
to bed, and therefore did not go to Berkley Square till yesterday at
noon. . . . I saw Caroline and her bambino. . . . The christening is
to be, as I understand, to-morrow. I hope in God that I shall be
well enough to assist, and name the child, and eat cake, and go
through all the functions of a good gossip. If I am obliged to give
up that which seems to have been my vocation, c'est fait de moi; I
must declare myself good for nothing. I carried yesterday the
regalia. The cup has been new boiled, and looks quite royal.
Sir L. Pepys was with me in the morning, and thought my pulse very
quiet, which could only have been from the fatigue of the day
before--juste Dieu! fatigue, of going 8 or 9 miles, my legs on the
foreseat, and reposing my head on Jones's shoulder. The Duke would
make her go, and everybody. He thinks that I am now the most
helpless creature in the world, when, from infirmity, I want ten
times more aid than I ever did. Sir Lucas pronounced no immediate
end of myself, but that I should continue to bark, with hemlock.
I'll do anything for some time longer, but my patience will, I see,
after a certain time, be exhausted. As to poor Pierre, it is over
with him. Sir Lucas says the disorder is past all remedy. This is a
most distressful story to me, and how to supply his place I do not
know.
With this letter a correspondence, unique and delightful, extending
over many years, ends. At its close we may well recall Lord
Carlisle's words written fourteen years before, "I shall always be
grateful to fortune," he said, ". . . for having linked me in so
close a friendship with yourself, in spite of disparity of years and
pursuits." Selwyn returned to London shortly before Christmas, and
died on the 25th of January, 1791. On this very day Walpole, with a
touching simplicity and truth, wrote to Miss Berry, "I am on the
point of losing, or have lost, my oldest acquaintance and friend,
George Selwyn, who was yesterday at the extremity. These
misfortunes, tho' they can be so but for a short time, are very
sensible to the old; but him I really loved not only for his
infinite wit, but for a thousand good qualities."
INDEX
A
Abergavenny, Lord
Abingdon, Lord
Adams, John
Ailesbury, Lady
Albemarle, Lady
Almack's Assembly Rooms, King Street, St. James'; masquerade
at; masquerade stopped by bishops; extinct.
Almack's Club, Pall Mall; events at; thriving; Selwyn and Fox at
supper at; Selwyn's "bureau;" Selwyn avoids; house occupied
by.
Alston, Tommy
Althorp, Lord
Amelia, Princess
America--Lord Carlisle, peace commissioner to; Gower, Lord, on
independence of; Fitzpatrick in; colonies, bad news from;
question of; Storer, with Carlisle in; news from; colonies in; His
Majesty's subjects in; Prohibitory Bill; Selwyn on the war in;
letter-writing between England and; Selwyn regarding politics in;
want of interest in society concerning; Fox's motion to conclude
peace with; public interest in; motion as to; President of
Congress.
Amhurst, Lord
Andre, Major
Androche, Marshal
Argyle, fifth Duke of
Arnold, Benedict
Ascough, Mr.
Ashburnham, second Earl of
Ashburton, Lord, see Dunning
Ashton, Thomas
Ashton, Mr.
Assembly of Notables, National
Astley, Mr.
Aston, Sir W.
Auckland, First Lord, see Eden
Aylesford (Ailsford) Lord; Lord of the Bedchamber
B
Baker, Dr.
Balbi, Comtesse de
Balliol College
Baltimore, Lord
Bampton Lectures (Dr. White's)
"Baptist," the, see Henry St. John
Barbot's Lottery
Barker, Mr.
Barrington, Lord
Barry, Mme. Du "Anecdotes of"
Barry, Richard, sixth Earl of Barrymore,
Barry, Richard, seventh Earl of Barrymore
Barry, Mr.
Barrymore, Lady
Barrymore, Lord, see Barry
Barth, Mrs.
Basilico
Bath
Beauchamp, Lord
Beauclerk, Topham; married to Lady Bolingbroke
Beaufort, Duke of
Beckford, Alderman
Beckford, William, son of Alderman Beckford, author and collector
Bedford, fourth Duke of
Bedford, fifth Duke of
Bedford, Duchess of
Bedford faction
Bedford House; parties at
Belgiojoso
Berkeley, Lord
Berry, Agnes
Berry, Mary
Bertie, Lord
Besbborough, Lord
"Betty, Lady," see Howard, Lady Elizabeth
Biron, Duchesse de
Biron, Admiral, see Byron
Biron, Mrs.
Biron, Duc de
Blake, Miss
Blake, Mr.
Blake, Mrs.
Blandford, Lord
Blaquiere, Sir John
Blenheim
Bloomsbury Gang
Bohn, Comte de
Boisgelin, Comte de
Bolingbroke, Lady
Bolingbroke, Lord "Bully,"
Boon, Charles
Boothby, Mrs.
Boothby, Sir Brooke
Boston, Lady
Boston, Frederick, second Baron
Bouverie, Mr.
Bouverie, Mrs.
Boufflers, Comtesse de; Queen of the emigres; at Richmond
Boufflers, Emilie, Comtesse de; at Richmond
Brereton, Col.
Bristol, Earl of
Brodrick (Broderick), Colonel Henry
Brooke, Earl of
Brooks, Mr.
Brooks's Club, politics and gambling at; fortunes lost at;
card-room at; macaronis at; Fox and Fitzpatrick at; gossip at;
Selwyn at; American question discussed at; supper at;
ill attended; political discussion at; in opposition to;
Fox closeted every instant at; a place of amusement,
speculation, and curiosity; Whigs at, in 1781; Fox gives
audiences at
Brudenell, Lord
Buccleugh, Duchess of
Buccleugh, third Duke of
Buckingham, Lady
Buckingham, Lord
Buckingham House Junto
Buckinghamshire, third Earl of
Buffon, Mme.
"Bully," see Bolingbroke
Bunbury, Lady Sarah; charm of; sought after by the king; social
successes in Paris; Carlisle's youthful passion fon; at Lord
March's
Bunbury, Sir Charles
Bunker's Hill, Battle of
Burgoyne, General
Burke, Edmund; bad judgment of in Parliament
Burrows, Mr.
Bute, Lady
Byron, Lord
Byron, Lord (the poet)
Byron (Biron), Admiral, The Hon. John
C
Cadogan, Lady
Calas, Jean
Calonne, M. de
Cambis, Mme. De
Cambridge University; Walpole at
Camelford, Lord
Campbell, Mr. (first Baron Cawdor)
Camden, Earl
Carlisle, third Earl of
Carlisle, fourth Earl of
Carlisle, fifth Earl of, Frederick Howard; in America, letters from
Hare and Selwyn; Selwyn's letters to, commence; sketch of life;'
Order of Thistle; delay of Ribband and Badge; fears for health
at Turin; friendship for Fox; Fox and Carlisle at Eton; anxiety
regarding Fox's prodigality; Viceroy of Ireland; Storer to;
ill; Peace Commissioner to America; recalled from Ireland;
children of; high ideals; thankfulness for Selwyn's friendship.
Carlisle, sixth Earl of, see Howard, George, Viscount Morpeth
Carlisle, Isabella, Countess Dowager of
Carlisle, Lady Caroline Gower, (wife of the fifth Earl)
Carmarthen, Lord
Carpenter, Lady Almeria
Carteret, Harry
Carysfort, Lord
Castle Howard
Castle Inn, Richmond
Catherine, Empress of Russia
Cavendish, Lord Frederick
Cavendish, Lord George
Cavendish, Lord John
Cawdor, first Lord, see Campbell
Chamberlain, Lord
"Charles," see Fox
Charlotte, Queen, wife of George III.
Chartres, Duc de
Chatelet, Duc de
Chatham, first Earl of
Chatham, second Earl of
Cholmondeley, Lord
Chedworth, Lord
Choiseul, Duc de
Choiseul, Duchesse de
Choiseul, Mons. De
Choiseul, Mme. De
Chudleigh, Elizabeth, see Kingston, Duchess of
Churchill, Lord
Clarence, Duke of
Clarendon, Lord
Clavering, Mr.
Clerk of the Irons
Clermont, Lady
Clermont, Lord
Cleveland, Duchess of
Clinton, Sir Henry
Clive, Lord
Club, Young
Comb Compton, Lady
Compton, Lord
Comyns, picture cleaner
Congreve, Mr.
Conolly, Lady Louisa
Conti, Princesse de
Conway, General
Cooper, Sir Grey
Cornwallis, Lady
Cornwallis, Lord
"Corydon," Lord
"Corydon," Captain
Coventry, Earl of
Coventry, Lady
Cowper, Lady
Cowper, Lord
Craddock, Mr.
Craigs, General
Craven, Lord
Crawford, James, "the Fish,"
Crawford, Mrs.
Crewe, Mr.
Crewe, Mrs.
Crewe, Mrs. ("Old")
Croome (Crome)
Cumberland, Duke of
Cunningham, Colonel
D
Damer, Mrs.
Darell, Mr., of Cambridgeshire
Darrels, The, at Richmond
Dashwood, Sir Francis
Deerhurst, Lord
D'Elci, Comte
Delme, Peter ("the Czar")
Denbigh, Lord
D'Eon (the Chevalier)
Derby, Earl of
Derby, Lady
Dering, Sir E.
Devonshire, Duchess of
Devonshire, fifth Duke of
Devonshire House
"Diaboliad, The,"
igby, Dean of Clonfert
igby, Lord
igby, Miss
Digby, Mr.
Dlettanti, Society of
DOyley (Doiley), Mr.
D'Oraison
Dorset, Duke of
Dolben, Sir J.
Douglas, Jack
Draper, Sir W.
Du Deffand, Mme.
Du Deffand, Marquis
Dundas, Sir William
Dunning, John, first Baron Ashburton
Dunmore, Lady
E
Eardley, Sir S.
Eden, William, first Lord Auckland
Eden, Mrs.
Edgcumbe, Dick; one of Strawberry Hill Group
Egremont, Lord
Ekins, Dr. Jeffrey (tutor to Lord Carlisle, afterwards Dean of
Carlisle)
Elliot, Mrs.
Elliot, Sir Gilbert
Ellis, Mr.
Ellis, Welbore
Ellishere, Mrs.
Emigres, the
Emly, Edward (Dean of Derry) "Emily," "the little Parson"
Emperor of Germany, see Joseph II.
Ernham, Lord
Essex, Lady
Essex, Earl of
Eton, Selwyn at; Carlisle at; Crawford at; Carlisle's verses on
friends at; Fitzpatrick at; Walpole at; Storer at; Fitzwilliam
at; Montem at; Lord Morpeth at
Euston, Lord
Eyre, Mr.
Executions, Selwyn and
F
Fagniani, M.
Fagniani, Marchesa, mother of Mie Mie
Fagniani, Maria (and see Mie Mie)
Falkener, Sir Everard
Family compact
Fanshaw, Mr.
Farrington, Gen., of Kent
Faukener, Lady
Faukener, Mr.
Fauquiers
Ferguson, Sir Adam
Ferrers, Washington, fifth Earl; Robert, sixth Earl
Fish, the, see Crawford
Fitzherbert, Mrs.
Fitzpatrick, Richard ("Richard, the Beau Richard"); at Quinze;
friendship with Fox; losses at Newmarket; returns from Jamaica;
in "The Diaboliad;" wins money at Brooks's; Pharo bank; in his
Pharo pulpit; horses taken from his coach; holds a gambling
bank; Fox as security for; the Beau Richard; at Brooks's; loses
at Hazard; at White's; with the King; elated at change of
ministry; provokes Selwyn
Fitzroy, Lady Caroline
Fitzwilliam, Lady
Fitzwilliam, second Earl
Fletcher, Mr.
Flood, Henry
Floyd, Lady Mary
Floyd, Miss
Foley, Thomas, second Baron
Foster, Lady
Fort St. John
Fox, Charles James, "Charles,"; chief of group; great qualities;
coalition with Lord North; friendship with Carlisle; gambling
debts; leader of Whig party; fortune destroyed; Selwyn advises
concerning debts; goes to Bath; suggested sueing of, by
Carlisle; money troubles, Selwyn's opinion of; women's opinion
of; frequent story of debts; friendship for Richard
Fitzpatrick; loses money at Newmarket; on the American
Question; in "The Diaboliad;" Selwyn and; speech on economy;
holds Pharo bank; Fitzpatrick with; Jews seize effects; his
furniture sold; enchanted with Pitt's speech; motion concerning
American war; auction at his house; gaming; and Selwyn; has a
cockpit; flattery of; speech; first figure in all places; loses
heavily at races; agreeableness of; Selwyn's admiration of his
talents; arrogance of; the new administration; as Secretary for
Foreign Affairs; takes a house in Pall Mall; coalition with
North; Selwyn, relations with
Fox, Henry Edward, youngest son of first Lord Holland
Fox, Henry Richard Vassall, third Baron Holland
Fox, Stephen, second Baron Holland, "Ste"
France
Franklin, Benjamin
Fraser, Mr.
Frederick the Great
French Revolution
G
Gainsborough; picture of Mie Mie by
Galloway, Earl of
Garlies, Lord, see Galloway
Garrick, David
Garrick, Mrs.
Gemm, Dr.
"George," see Howard, George, Lord Morpeth
George III.
Germaine, Lord George Sackville
Gibbon (historian)
Gideon, Sir Sampson
Gilbert, Mr. Thomas
Glenbervie, Lord, Sylvester Douglas
Glendower, Lord
Gloucester, Duchess of
Gloucester, Duke of
Gloucester, monastery of St. Peter at; situation of; city of,
Selwyn member for; election at
Godolphin, Lord
Goostree's (Club)
Gore, Mr.
Gordon, fourth Duke of
Gordon, Duchess of
Gordon, Lord George
Gordon, Lord William
Gower, Lady
Gower, Lady Evelyn Leveson
Gower, Lady Louisa Leveson (sister-in-law of fifth Earl of
Carlisle)
Gower, second Earl
Grady Mr.
Grafton, Duke of
Graham, Dr.
Graham, Lady
Grant, General
Grantham, Lord
Gray, Thomas, the poet
Greenville, Mr. (Grenville)
Greenwich's, The
Gregg, Francis, succeeded Delme as M.P. for Morpeth
Grenville, Mr. George
Grenville, G., Lady
Grevil
Grey, Lord
Grieve, Mr.
Grosvenor Place
Guerchy
Guildford, Earl of, see North
Guise, Mr.
Gunning, Elizabeth (afterwards Duchess of Hamilton)
Gunning, Elizabeth
Gunning, Charlotte Margaret
Gunning, maria
Gunning, Miss
Gunning, Sir Robert
H
Hamilton, Duchess of
Hamilton, Duke of
Hanger, Will
Harcourt, Lord
Hare, James; Losses at Newmarket; at Lady Betty's; at Almack's;
letter to; with Fox; at Brooks's; opens Pharo bank; letter on
London society; at White's
Harridans, the
Harrington, Lady
Harrington, Lord
Harris, Alderman
Hart Hall (Oxford)
Hartley, Mr.
Hautefort, Marquis de
Hawke, Sir S.
Hay, Adam, Member for Peebles
Henault, President
Heneage, Mr.
Hertford College, Selwyn at; Charles Fox at
Hertford, Lady
Hertford, Lord
Hervey, second son of Lord
Hervey, Lady
Hillsborough, Lord
Hinchcliff, Dr.
Holderness, Earl of
Holland, Henry Fox, first Lord Holland
Holland, Stephen Fox, second Lord, see Fox
Holland, Henry, third Lord Holland
Holland, Lady, Georgiana Caroline Gordon, wife of first Lord
Holland; death of; funeral of
Holland, Lady Mary
Holland House. fire at
Horton, Mrs.
Houghton, sale of pictures at
Howard, Frederick, fifth Earl of Carlisle, see Carlisle
Howard, George, Viscount Morpeth, afterwards sixth Earl of
Carlisle, "George"
Howard, Frederick, third son of fifth Earl of Carlisle
Howard, William, second son of fifth Earl
Howard, Lady Caroline, daughter of fifth Earl of Carlisle
(afterwards Lady Cawdor); marriage
Howard, Lady Charlotte, daughter of fifth Earl of Carlisle
Howard, Lady Elizabeth ("Lizzy"), daughter of the fifth Earl of
Carlisle
Howard, Lady Gertrude (afterwards Lady G. Sloane Stanley), daughter
of the fifth Earl of Carlisle
Howard, Lady Anne, sister of the fifth Earl of Carlisle
Howard, Lady Elizabeth ("Betty"), sister of the fifth Earl of
Carlisle (afterwards Lady Delme)
Howard, Lady Frances, sister of the fifth Earl
Howard, Lady Mary
Howard, Lady Julia, sister of the fifth Earl
Howard, George, Lieut.-General
Howard, Mr. (afterwards Duke of Norfolk)
Hughes, Mr.
Hume, David; history
Huntingdon, Lord
I
Ilchester, Stephen Fox, first Earl of
Ilchester, Henry Thomas, second Earl of, see Stavordale
Inchiquin, Lord
Intercourse Bill
Ireland; Lord Carlisle recalled from
Irwin, Sir J.
J
Jay, John
Jersey, Lady
Jersey, fourth Earl of
Jockey Club
Johnson, Samuel, his "Lives of the Poets"
Johnston, George
Jones, Mrs.
Jones, Thomas
Joseph II., Emperor of Germany
Junius
Junto, the blue and buff
K
Kane, Colonel
Keene, Mr.
Keith, Sir R.
Kemble
Keppel, Admiral, First Viscount; First Lord of the Admiralty
Kildare, William Robert, Marquis of
King, The, see George III.
Kingston, Duchess of; trial of
Kingston, Duke of
L
La Fayette, Marquis de
Lamb, Sir M.
Lambert, Sir J.
ansdowne, Lord (see Shelburne)
Langdales, The
Langlois, Mr.
Lascells, The two
Laurens, Henry, President of the American Congress
Lee, Mr.
Leeds, Duke of
Leinster, Duchess of
Leinster, Duke of
Lely, Sir Peter
Lennox, Charles, third Duke of Richmond
L'Espinasse, Mile.
Lewis, Mr.
Lewisham, Lady
Lignonier, Lord
Lincoln, Lord
Lisbourne, Lord
Lothian, Lord
Lotteries, Conty's
Loughborough, Lord
Louis XV.
Louis XVI.
"Louisa, Lady," see Gower
Lucan, Lady
Lucan, Lord
Ludgershall, borough in Wiltshire
Luxembourg, Duc de
Lyttleton, Lord
Lyttleton, Sir George
Lyttleton, Sir Richard
M
Macall
Macaronis
Macartney, Lady
Macartney, Sir George, afterwards Lord Macartney
Macclesfield, Lord
Macdonald, Sir Archibald
Mahon, Lord
Maintenon, Mme. De
Malden, Viscount
Malesherbes, Minister under Louis XVI.
Manchester, Duke of
Mann, Sir Horace
Manners, Jack
Mannin's, a macaroni dinner at
Mansfield, Lord
March, Lord, afterwards fourth Duke of Queensberry, see Queensberry
Marchmont, Lord
Marie Antoinette
Marlborough, Duchess of
Marlborough, fourth Duke of
Marlborough House
Mattesdone, Phillippus de
Matson; village, manor house
Maury, Abbe
Mawbey, Sir Joseph
Maynard, Sir William
Medmenham
Meillor, Mrs.
Melbourne, Lady
Melbourne, Lord
Menil, see Meynell
Metham, Sir G.
Methuen, Mr.
Meynell, Mr.
Middletons, The
Mie Mie; at Campden House; leaves England, relatives negotiated
with for her return; description of; at Richmond; at the
Assembly; sitting to Gainsborough; at the Opera
Minto, Lord
Molyneux, Lord
Monson, Lord
Montagu, Sir C.
Montem
Montgomery, Sir William
More, Mr.
More, Sir J.
Morpeth, Lord, afterwards sixth Earl of Carlisle, see Howard,
George
Morpeth, borough of
Musgrave, Dr.
Musgrave, Sir William, of Hayton Castle
N
Nabobs, Indian
Napier, George
Napier, Lord Francis
Napier, Sir Charles fames
Napier, Sir George Thomas
Napier, Sir William Francis
Naworth
Neasdon, school at
Necker, M.; abuse of
Nevills, The
Newcastle, Duke of
Newmarket
Nicolson, Mr.
Norfolk, Duke of
North, Lord, fourth Earl of Guildford; Selwyn's description of;
fall of his Ministry
North, Frederick, fifth Earl of Guildford
North, Mrs.
Northington, second Earl of
Northumberland, Duchess of
Northumberland, second Duke of
Norton, Sir Fletcher
Nugent, Lord
O
O'Brien (Lord Inchiquin)
Offley, Mr.
Ogilvy, Mr.
Oliver, Mr.
Onslow
Onslows, The
Ord, Maria
Orford, third Lord
Orford, fourth Lord
Oriel College
Orleans, Duke of
Ossory, John, second Earl of
Ossory, Lady
Owen, Mr.
Oxford, University of; corporation of; Lord Morpeth at
P
Palliser, Sir Hugh
Paris; Treaty of
Parker, George Lane
Payne, Jack
Payne, Lady
Payne, Sir R.
Pelham, Henry
Pelham, Lady Frances
Pelham, Miss
Pembroke, Lady
Pembroke, Lord
Pennant, Thomas
Penthurst (Penshurst)
Pepys, Sir Lucas
Percys
Petersham, Lord
Phelippeaux, Jean Frederic, Comte de Maurepas' recognition of the
U.S.
Phillips, General
Pierre, servant of Selwyn's
Pigott, Admiral
Piozzi, Mme, (Mrs. Thrale)
Piquet, La Motte
Pitt, Thomas (uncle of William)
Pitt, William; personal relations with Wilberforce; Duchess of
Gordon confidante of; sudden rise of, first speech; second
speech; Selwyn hears him speak; another speech of; his young
political friends; expected to join the Cabinet; gives Selwyn a
place; remains in office; at Windsor with Lord Thurlow; Selwyn
asked to meet him at dinner
Plympton
Pompadour, Mme. De
Pompeio
Ponsonby, Mr.
Pontcarre, M. de
Porten (Portine), Sir Stanier
Portland, Duke of
Pottinger, Mr.
Powell, Mr.
Powis, Lady
Priestly, Dr.
Proby, Sir John
Public Advertiser
Q
Queen (of England), see Charlotte, wife of George III.
Queensberry, William Douglas, third Earl of March, fourth Duke of
Queensberry, "Old Q"; character and life
Queensberry, fifth Duke of
Queensberry villa
R
Radcliffe, John
Raikes, Mr.
Ramsden, Sir J.
Raton, Selwyn's dog
Ravensworth, Lady
Ravensworth, Lord
Rawdon, Lord
Regency, English, question of
Regency, French
Reynolds, Sir Joshua; Selwyn's joke on
Rich, Sir R.
"Richard," see Fitzpatrick
Richards, Mr.
Richelieu, Marechal de
Richmond, Charles Lennox, second Duke of
Richmond, Duchess of
Richmond, Mr.
Richmond-on-Thames, a fashionable resort; Duke of York at; theatre
Ridley, Sir M.
Rigby, Right Hon. Richard
Robinson, John, Secretary to the Treasury; Selwyn on
Robinson, Mrs.
Rockingham, second Marquis of; party meeting at house of; Cabinet;
Thurloe's negotiations with; and Shelburne; and King; and
Carlisle; first Lord of the Treasury; formation of Ministry
Rohan, Cardinal de
Roncherolles, Mme. De
Rosslyn, Lord
Roxburghe, Duke of
Rutland, Duchess of
Rutland, fourth Duke of
S
Sackville, Viscount, see Lord George Germaine
St. John, Frederick
St. John, John; legacy from Lord Guildford
St. John, Henry; legacy from Lord Guildford
Salisbury, Bishop of
Salisbury, seventh Earl of
Salveyne
Sandwich, John George Montagu, fourth Earl of
"Sarah, Lady," see Bunbury
Sardinia, King of
Sawbridge, Mr.
Scott, General
Scott, Mr.
Seabright, Sir J.
Sefton, Lady
Selwin, Mr., banker in Paris
Selwyn, Albinia (afterwards Lady Sydney), Matson re-entailed on her
descendants
Selwyn family
Selwyn, George Augustus; importance in society, as wit, as beau,
man of fashion, bon mots, jokes fathered on, reputation; a type
of his time, life, ancestry, inheritance of social qualities,
Walpole's "famous George"; possession of Matson, description of
house; to remove gateway of Lantony Priory, schooldays,
sobriquet, holder of sinecure post, illness; recovery, at
Oxford, in Paris, harshly judged at college, no attempt to
renounce pleasure; attends Duchess of Bedford to Paris; member
of Parliament, appointed Paymaster of the Works; life
uneventful, adoption of Mie Mie, anxiety for her; grief at her
departure, at Castle Howard, at Milan; fear of losing Mie Mie,
delight in her companionship, his friends; friend of Fox,
annoyed by his recklessness, lover of the town, journey to
Yorkshire; welcome everywhere; as a politician, Parliamentary
career, personal associations; as a gossip, at executions;
anecdote of George III. and character of, by Mme. du Deffand;
francophile, a favourite in France; secret of charm of; life
comparatively simple, his death a loss to society; commences
corrrespondence with Carlisle; admiration for Mme. de Sevigne,
letters compared with Walpole's, time spent in Paris,
friendship for Carlisle; friendship with Grafton; at Vauxhall;
advises Carlisle regarding Fox's debts; the tie; praise of
Tunbridge; proposed for Royal Society; at Devonshire House;
goes to Lyons; drum at; to Ranelagh; reception in the House of
Commons; six weeks at Streatham; on loss of Minorca and St.
Kitts; deprived of office, appointed Surveyor-General of Crown
Lands; a ministerialist; ill; correspondence with Lady Carlisle
begins; advice to young men; at Richmond; reading Bampton
Lectures; last illness; death
Selwyn, Jasper
Selwyn, John, Colonel
Selwyn, John, elder brother of George
Selwyn, Mary, wife of Colonel John, woman of the bedchamber, mother
of George
Sevigne, Mme. De
Shafto, Robert
Shelburne, Lord
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
Shirley, Mr.
Siddons, Mrs.
Smith, Dr., Master of Trinity College
Smith, General
Smithson, Sir Hugh
Somerset, Duke of
Sophia, Princess
Southwell, Baron
Spencer, George John, second Earl
Spencer, Lady Diana
Spencer, Lord Charles
Spencer, Lord Robert, "Bob"
Spratt, Bishop
Stael, Mme. De
Stafford, Marquis of; and see Gower
Stanhope, Henry
Stanhope, Lady ("Harriot") Henrietta
Stanhope, Lord
Stanley, Lady Betty
Stanley, Lord
Stapleton, Sir J.
Stavordale, Lord; is a heavy gambler
"Ste," second Lord Holland, see Fox
Stewart, Keith
Stonehewer, Richard
Storer, Anthony Morris, the "Bon ton"; belonging to the Fox group;
opinion of Selwyn; life of; attachment to Lady Payne; kindness
of Carlisle to; description of Pitt's third speech; writes to
Carlisle; on East India affairs; loses at play; Lord North's
friendship for; at Cockpit; grievances; at White's
Stormont, Lord
Strawberry Hill
Stuarts, The
Suffolk, Lord
Suffren, Comte de
Suffren, Comtesse de
Sunderland, Earl of
Surveyor of Meltings in the Mint
Sussex, Duke of
Sutherland, Lady
Sydney, Thomas Townshend, first Viscount, see Townshend
T
Talbot, Lord
Tankerville, Lord
Tavistock, Lord
Taunton, Lord
Terry, Mrs.
Tessier, Mons. (reader to the Queen)
Thatched House Tavern
Thomas, Sir H.
Thomond, Lord; will of
Thompson
Thornbury Castle
Thrale, Mrs. (Mrs. Piozzi)
Thurlow, Edward, first Baron
Townshend, Charles, Viscount
Townshend, John, first Marquis
Townshend, Lady
Townshend, Thomas, Viscount Sydney
Torrington, Lord
Trentham, Lord
Trinity College
Tuesday Night Club
Tunbridge, Selwyn's opinion of
Turgot
Turner, Charles
Tynte, Sir C.
V
Valiere, Duchesse de la
Vanbrugh, Sir John
Vanheck, Mrs.
Vanheck, Sir Jos.
Varcy
Varey
Vaupaliere, Mme. de la
Vergennes, M. de
Vernon, Lady H.
Vernon, Richard
Viri, Comte de
W
Waldegrave, Captain
Waldegrave, Lady
Waldegrave, Lord
Wales, Prince of (George IV.)
Walker, Mr.
Wallis, Mr.
Walpole, Horace; on illness of Selwyn; his "out-of-town party" at
his villa; opinion of men of letters; his life; arrives at
Matson; at Richmond; Pennant accused of copying style; mourns
death of Selwyn
Walpole, Sir Robert
Walsingham, Lord
Warenzow
Warren, Lady
Warren, Dr. Richard
Warner, Rev. Dr.
Washington, George
Webb, Mrs. (Selwyn's lady housekeeper)
Webster, Mr.
Wedderburn, see Loughborough
Weltzies (Club)
West, Richard
Westmoreland, Lord
Weymouth, Lord
Whately, Mr.
Whistler, Sir Godfrey
White's Club; Lord North at; Selwyn and Sir J. Irwin at; Selwyn in
the card room; Selwyn prefers it to Brooks's; pharo at; Storer
at; Hare and Fitzpatrick at
Wiart (Mme. de Deffand's secretary)
Wilberforce
Wilkes, Mr. John (Willes)
Williams, George James ("Gilly")
Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury
Williams, William Peere
Willoughby, Sir Ambrose
Wills, Mr.
Winchelsea, Lord
Windham, Percy
Woburn
Woodcock, Mr.
Woodcock, Mrs.
Woodfall, Mr.
Woodhouse, Mrs.
Worcester, Bishop of
Worsley, Lady
Worsley, Sir Richard
Wrottesley, Sir J.
Y
Yarmouth, Earl of, third Marquis of Hertford
York, Duke of
York, Frederick, Duke of
York, Mr.
Young, Sir W.
Z
Zamparini, a dancer