Prussia, Prince Ferdinand Augustus of, ii. 117
Prussia, Prince Henry of, his qualities, ii. 119–120
Public Debtors Bill, ii. _89_, 90, 94–5
Queensberry, William, 4th Duke of, ii. 281
Quesnoy, siege of, i. 53, 89–90, _93_
Rastadt, murder of French Deputies at, i. 249, 250
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, ii. 244
Richmond, Charles, 3rd Duke of, and Duke of York, i. 94;
and Lord E. Fitzgerald, i. 188;
and Lady Lucy Fitzgerald, i. 235–6;
his death, ii. 191–2
Rose, Mr., and Abolition of Slave Trade, ii. 205
Rosslyn, James, 2nd Earl of, and Mission to Lisbon, ii. 167, 171,
175
Royal Institution, the, ii. _52_, 60–1
Rumford, Count von (Sir Benjamin Thompson), Prime Minister of
Bavaria, i. 12, 59, 108;
in England, i. 206–7, 279; ii. 52
St. Januarius, ceremony of the liquefaction of blood of, i. 21
St. Vincent, Admiral Viscount (Sir John Jervis), and Admiral
Duncan, i. 160–1;
First Lord of the Admiralty, ii. 132;
and Mission to Portugal, ii. 162, 174–5
San Leucio, Colony of, i. 27–8
Santa Croce, Princess, i. 34, 35, 125
Scarlett, James (afterwards Lord Abinger), ii. 38
Scott, Sir William, on Divorce Bill, ii. 88
Selwyn, George, ii. 66
Sheffield, John Baker Holroyd, Lord, i. _2_, 97
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, i. 98, 102, 123, 249, 255, 258, 278–9;
ii. 55;
and ‘Monk’ Lewis, i. 184;
and Mr. Canning, i. 217;
and Mr. Tierney, i. 220–1;
and Prince of Wales, i. 221–2; ii. 283–4;
James Hare on, i. 224;
and the O’Connor trial, i. 246–7;
and _Pizarro_, i. 255;
and George III., ii. 81;
and Abbot’s Bill, ii. 95;
and Divorce Bill, ii. 96;
on the successor to C. J. Fox, ii. 170;
his intrigues, ii. 172–3
Sheridan, Charles Francis, i. 268, 274–5
Sicily, ii. 164–5, 263–4, 290–1
Sidmouth, Lord, _see_ Addington, Henry
Simon, General, ii. 265
Slavery Bill, the, i. 271, 275; ii. 205
Smith, Robert Percy (‘Bobus’), i. 248, 275;
his marriage, i. 163;
and Lord Lansdown, i. 210;
his vaunted independence, ii. 17
Smith, Sir Sidney, and Napoleon, ii. 12, 31;
and treaty of El Arish, ii. 72;
takes Capri, ii. 167;
in Sicily, ii. 212
Solano, M., Governor of Cadiz, his murder, ii. 240–2, 246
Somerset, Edward Adolphus, 11th Duke of, his character, ii. 21–2;
and ‘Monk’ Lewis, ii. 45–6, 60
Southey, Robert, ii. 231–2, 257
Spencer, George John, 2nd Earl, and Catholic Emancipation Bill, ii.
221, 223
Spencer, Lord Henry, i. 257; ii. 19;
at the Hague, i. 13, 86;
ordered to Stockholm, i. 61, 97;
in Parliament, i. 123;
on Baron d’Armfeldt, i. 124
Staël, Mme. de, and Talleyrand, ii. 57;
and Napoleon, ii. 101
Stahremberg, Prince, ii. 236–7, 254–5
Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl of, ii. 102
Strangford, Lord, at Lisbon, ii. 261
Stroganoff, M., Russian Ambassador in England, ii. _168_, 177, 178
Talleyrand, M., his sarcasms, ii. 57;
and peace negotiations, ii. 163–5, 176–7
Tandy, James Napper, ii. 109
Thanet, Lord, indicted for attempting to rescue Arthur O’Connor, i.
233, 241, 248;
Sheridan’s evidence, i. 246–7;
desires a pardon, i. 249–250, 251;
sentenced to the Tower, i. 262, 269;
released, ii. 102;
at Appleby, ii. 232
Thurlow, Lord, on Triple Assessments, i. 164;
and Lord Auckland, ii. 71
Tierney, George, i. 171–2, 179, 241, 260–1, 272, 274, 278; ii. 76;
on Arthur O’Connor, i. 203;
and Mr. Nicholl, i. 205;
his speech on the Income Bill, i. 221;
speech on Finance, i. 265;
and Evan Nepean, ii. 27;
his loyalty questioned, ii. 50–1, 53;
his parody on Lewis’s _Address from Friendship to Youth_, ii. 75;
and Mr. Grey, ii. 137–140
Tilsit, treaty of, ii. _173_, 230
Tooke, Horne, his trial, i. _186_, 247; ii. 48;
at Westminster, ii. 52–3;
elected for Old Sarum, ii. 134, 140;
on C. J. Fox, ii. 146
Toulon, siege of, i. _98_, 99, 108, 112, 113, 115
Treating Act, the, Messrs. Windham and Coke and, ii. 193, 194
Trebbia, battle of, i. 278
Turkey, the war with Russia, ii. 209
Tyrwhitt, Sir Thomas, ii. 266–7
Valenciennes, siege of, i. 54, 70–3, 80, 88–90, 99
Van Dyke, his portrait of the Earl of Holland, ii. 63
Vassall, Florentius, ii. _92_
Vassall, Richard, father of Lady Webster, his illness, i. 19–20,
69, 96;
his death, i. 131
Vega, Don Andres de la, ii. 245
‘Virtuous Triumvirate,’ the, i. 118
Voltaire, and Piron, i. 202–3, 212–13;
and Lord Bristol, i. 219;
personated by M. Chauvet, i. 234;
Condorcet’s Life of, ii. 15–16;
his _Memoirs_, ii. 23;
on the Collège de Montaigne, ii. 67–8
Wakefield, Gilbert, and Bishop of Llandaff, i. 178–9;
his trial and imprisonment, i. 241, 248, 258
Walcheren Expedition, inquiry into, ii. 253
Wales, George, Prince of, ii. 49, 266, 275–6;
and Mr. Grey, i. 178;
and Duke of Northumberland, i. 179–180;
at Holland House, i. 190; ii. 82;
and Sheridan, i. 221–2; ii. 283–4;
and Mrs. Fitzherbert, i. 258;
on Lord Holland’s succession to Mr. Fox, ii. 183, 186–7;
on the Princess of Wales, ii. 197–9;
and the Catholic Question, ii. 222;
and Duke of York, ii. 268, 281–2;
and Mr. Adam, ii. 273–4;
and the Regency, ii. 278, 281–4;
and Mr. Perceval, ii. 276, 280, 289, 290;
and the Queen’s letter, ii. 289;
and Dr. Vaughan, ii. 290
Wales, Caroline, Princess of, ii. 199;
charges against, ii. 192–3, 207;
her defence, ii. 210
Washington, George, ii. 52
Webster, Sir Godfrey, his character, i. 6, 30;
he returns to England, i. 132;
his marriage annulled, i. 147;
and Harriet Webster, i. 263, 264;
his death, ii. 90–1;
the guardianship of his children, ii. 104
Webster, Harriet Frances, her birth, i. 126;
restored to her father, i. 263–4;
her fortune, ii. 98
Webster, Lady, _see_ Holland, Elizabeth, Lady
Webster, Godfrey Vassall (‘Webby’), i. 113, 143, 237; ii. 67, 98,
104–5
Wellesley, Sir Arthur (afterwards Duke of Wellington), ii. 246,
254, 264
Wellesley, Richard Colley, Marquess of, ii. 247–8, 249, 254
Westmoreland, John, 11th Earl of, in Ireland, ii. 14–15;
and George III., ii. 278
Whig Club, the, i. 214, 227
Whitbread, Samuel, and secession, ii. 38;
on Lord Lauderdale’s negotiations, ii. 196–7;
and Lord Howick, ii. 208, 211;
at Southill, ii. 244;
his unpopularity, ii. 285;
and Lord Grenville, ii. 287–8
Whitelocke, General, ii. 204
Whitworth, Charles, Lord, and the Czar, ii. 73
William V., of Holland, ii. 107
Wilson, General Sir Robert, in Portugal, ii. 271–2
Windham, William, refuses office, i. 118;
refuses a peerage, ii. 184;
and Lord Grenville, ii. 226;
his death, ii. 255–6
Wordsworth, William, ii. 231
Wycombe, Lord (afterwards 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne), i. 137, 240,
256, 266, 271–2; ii. 127;
his character, i. 126–7;
in Ireland, i. 191;
his disputes with his father, i. 176, 209–10, 239; ii. 85;
his journal quoted, ii. 142–5;
his death, ii. 247
Wyndham, Hon. William Frederick, i. 1;
British Ambassador at Florence, i. 103;
the appointment criticised, i. 104, 116;
quarrel with Lady Holland, i. 133, 135
Wyndham, Mrs., and Lady Holland, i. _96_, 127, 136;
and Harriet Webster, i. 126;
she quits her husband, i. 133
Yarmouth, Francis, Earl of (afterwards 2nd Marquess of Hertford),
i. 69, 80, 104;
and peace negotiations, ii. 163–5, 167–9, 177, 179
York, Frederick Augustus, Duke of, i. 89, 104;
and siege of Valenciennes, i. 80, 87, 91;
at Dunkirk, i. 93–5;
in Holland, ii. 13, 23, _32_, 59;
and Catholic Bill, ii. 224;
and Prince of Wales, ii. 268, 281–2
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Sir George Lyttelton (1709–1773), created Baron Lyttelton in 1756.
He married, first, in 1742, Lucy, daughter of Hugh Fortescue, Esq.,
of Filleigh, co. Devon; and secondly, in 1749, Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir Robert Rich, Bart. His son, Thomas, born in 1744, succeeded his
father, but died without issue in 1779, when the peerage expired. It
was, however, re-created in 1794 in favour of a cousin, from whom the
present owner of Hagley, Viscount Cobham, is directly descended.
[2] These trees were sent as a present to Queen Mary by a Dutch
merchant. The vessel in which they were placed was wrecked, and its
contents were claimed by the Lord of the Manor, the owner of Margam. He
afterwards offered to restore them, but was given them as a present by
the King.
[3] Thomas Mansel Talbot married, in 1794, Lady Mary Lucy
Fox-Strangways, second daughter of Henry Thomas, second Earl of
Ilchester, and his first wife Mary Theresa, daughter of Standish
O’Grady, Esq. After Mr. Talbot’s death Lady Mary married, in 1815, Sir
Christopher Cole. She died in 1855. Margam belonged originally to the
Mansel family, and came to the Talbots by marriage. The female line of
the Mansels became extinct in 1750.
[4] Lord Plymouth died the preceding June, and their son, Other Archer,
who succeeded as sixth Earl, was at this time a boy of ten.
[5] Edward, fifth Earl of Oxford of that creation (1773–1848), who
succeeded his cousin in 1790. He married, in 1794, Jane Elizabeth,
daughter of Rev. James Scott, rector of Itchen, Hants. She died in
1824, at the age of fifty-one. Their eldest son, born in 1800, was
drowned in a shipwreck off Jersey in 1828, and the peerage became
extinct after their second son’s death. He succeeded his father in 1848.
[6] Richard Payne Knight (1750–1824), son of Rev. Thomas Knight, Rector
of Bewdley, Worcestershire. He inherited Downton Castle from his
grandfather, Richard Knight, about 1764, but spent many years in Italy,
where he laid the foundations of his collection of coins, bronzes, and
marbles. These he left at his death to the British Museum. He sat in
the House of Commons from 1780 until 1806, and was looked upon as a
recognised authority on the customs and arts of ancient times.
[7] Charles, eleventh Duke of Norfolk (1746–1815), who succeeded his
father in 1786. He married, first, in 1767, Marian, daughter of John
Coppinger, Esq. She died the following year, and, in 1771, he married
Frances, only child of Charles Fitzroy Scudamore, of Holme Lacy,
co. Hereford. On the Duke’s death in 1815 he was succeeded by his
cousin. When the Duchess died in 1820, her property devolved on the
heirs-at-law of her grandfather, the descendants of his sister Mary,
wife of Sir Giles Brydges. The Duke was a firm supporter of the Whigs,
and was dismissed by George III. from the Lord-Lieutenancy of Sussex in
1798, for an injudicious speech. See _ante_, i. 177.
[8] Edward Bolton Clive, a connection of Lord Clive, and sometime M.P.
for Hereford. He was eldest son of George Clive and Sydney, daughter of
Thomas Bolton, Esq. He married, in 1790, Harriet, daughter of Andrew,
second Lord Archer.
[9] Captain Charles Morris was born in 1745. He entered the cavalry
and exchanged into the Life Guards. He was an intimate associate of
the Whigs, and many of his songs were directed against their political
opponents. A constant guest at Carlton House, he was subsequently given
a pension by the Prince of Wales, and lived for many years near Dorking
previous to his death in 1838, in his ninety-third year.
[10] After the departure of Macdonald and the French from Naples, the
town was seized by the Royalist bands and only two or three isolated
fortresses garrisoned by Frenchmen and Neapolitan rebels held out.
The sequence of subsequent affairs is most complicated. It appears a
capitulation under terms was arranged, but was disallowed by Nelson
until the sanction was obtained of the King, who was expected in the
course of a few days. The result was to hand over to the popular fury
many of those who had surrendered on the understanding that their lives
were safe.
[11] A landing was effected near the Helder on August 27, and three
days later the Dutch fleet, consisting of twelve ships of the line,
obeyed Admiral Michell’s summons to surrender. The seamen were inclined
to the Royal cause and forced their officers to take this course. Until
the arrival of the Russians a fortnight later the English remained on
the defensive, then an advance was commenced which proved unsuccessful.
Various small engagements took place with varied result, but by the
middle of October it was found impossible for the allies to win their
way from the islands on which they were encamped. Retreat was therefore
necessary, and a capitulation was arranged.
[12] Sherborne was granted in 1616 to Sir John Digby, first Earl of
Bristol, his father. It now belongs to Mr. Frederick Wingfield Digby.
[13] Sir Richard Colt Hoare, second Baronet (1758–1838), only son of
Sir Richard Hoare, of Barn Elms, by his first wife, Anne, daughter of
Henry Hoare, Esq., of Stourhead. The first Baronet had also a large
family by his second wife, Frances Ann, daughter of Richard Acland, Esq.
[14] John, eleventh Earl of Westmorland (1759–1841). He succeeded his
father in 1774, and married, against the wishes of her family, in 1782,
Sarah Ann, only daughter of Robert Child, Esq., of Osterley Park.
Her death took place in 1793, and Lord Westmorland married, in 1800,
Jane, daughter of R. H. Saunders, Esq., M.D. He was Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland from 1790 to 1795, and Lord Privy Seal from 1798 until 1827,
with a short interval in 1806–7.
[15] William Wingfield Baker, son of George Wingfield, of Cotham, co.
Durham, and Mary, niece of George Sparrow, Esq. He married Charlotte
Marie, daughter and sole heiress of Henry, first Earl Digby, in 1796.
She died in 1807, and Mr. Wingfield married, in 1813, Elizabeth,
daughter of William Miles, Esq., of Bisterne, Hants. He assumed the
name of Baker by royal licence in 1849, and died in 1858.
[16] Lord Archibald’s father succeeded his nephew in August 1799, as
ninth Duke of Hamilton, and sixth Duke of Brandon.
[17] Thomas Chaplin, of Riseholme, Lincolnshire, second son of Charles
Chaplin and Elizabeth Thornton. He married Elizabeth, Sir Godfrey
Webster’s sister, and was appointed guardian to the Webster children
after Sir Godfrey’s death.
[18] He did not obtain this post, but was appointed Advocate-General in
Bengal, through Lord Lansdown’s influence, in 1803.
[19] Sherborne.
[20] A yellow and white spaniel.
[21] Lord Henry Spencer.
[22] Colonel the Hon. Thomas Onslow (1755–1827), eldest son of George
Lord Onslow, who was created Earl of Onslow in 1801. He sat in
Parliament for Rye from 1775 to 1784, and for Guildford from 1784 till
1806. He succeeded his father as second Earl in 1814.
[23] Sir John Frederick, of Burwood Park, Surrey, fifth Baronet
(1749–1825); for some years M.P. for Surrey.
[24] Lieut.-Colonel George Montagu (1751–1815), son of James Montagu,
of Lackham, Wilts, a connection of the Earls of Manchester. He served
in the American war, and commanded the Wiltshire Militia for many
years. He was an authority on natural history, and published an
_Ornithological History of British Birds_ in 1802. His collection
of birds was purchased by the British Museum.
[25] Edward Adolphus, eleventh Duke of Somerset (1775–1855) eldest
son of Webb, tenth Duke of Somerset, and Anna Maria, daughter of John
Bonnel, Esq., of Stanton Harcourt, Oxford. He succeeded his father in
1793, and married, first, in 1800, Charlotte, daughter of Archibald,
ninth Duke of Hamilton. His wife died in 1827, after a long illness.
He married, secondly, in 1836, Margaret, daughter of Sir Michael Shaw
Stewart, Bart. The Duke of Somerset’s Devonshire residence was Berry
Pomeroy, near Totnes.
[26] Lord Webb John Seymour, born in 1777, and died unmarried in 1819.
Lord Cockburn in his _Memorials_ says, ‘His special associate was
Playfair. They used to be called husband and wife, and in congeniality
and affection no union could be more complete. Geology was their
favourite pursuit.’
[27] John Playfair (1748–1819), Professor of Mathematics, and later of
Natural Philosophy, in the Edinburgh University.
[28] Jérôme Marie Champion de Cicé (1735–1810), appointed Archbishop of
Bordeaux in 1781. He sided with the popular party, and his appointment
to a post in the Ministry by Louis XVI., after Necker’s return, was
well received. He was accused, however, of favouring the reactionaries,
and resigned his office and Bishopric in 1790. He remained abroad until
the establishment of the Consulate.
[29] Dugald Stewart (1753–1828), son of Matthew Stewart, Professor of
Mathematics at Edinburgh University. He assisted his father in his
later years with his mathematical classes, and in 1785 was appointed to
the chair of Moral Philosophy. His lectures were eagerly attended, and
many of the young men of the great Whig families were sent to Edinburgh
to benefit by them. He married, first, in 1783, Helen, daughter of Neil
Bannatyne, by whom he had one son. She died in 1787, and he married
in 1790, Helen, daughter of Hon. George Cranstoun--the ‘Ivy’ of the
letters, recently published, from John William Ward (afterwards Earl of
Dudley), who had been placed under her husband’s care. She died in 1838.
[30] Sir Ralph Abercromby, his second-in-command.
[31] Alexander (1767–1852), who succeeded his father, as tenth Duke of
Hamilton in 1819. The difficulty was solved by styling him Marquess of
Douglas and Clydesdale.
James, sixth Duke of Hamilton (1724–58), the husband of the beautiful
Elizabeth Gunning, left two sons and one daughter, Elizabeth, who
married Edward, twelfth Earl of Derby. The two sons succeeded
successively as seventh and eighth Dukes, and on the latter’s death
in 1799 the titles reverted to Lord Archibald Hamilton’s father--the
half-brother of the sixth Duke.
[32] Copley.
[33] Lord Holland’s uncle, the Hon. Henry Edward Fox (1755–1811),
youngest son of Henry, first Lord Holland, and Caroline, daughter of
Charles, second Duke of Richmond. He entered the army at the age of
fifteen, and served in America throughout the war. On his return in
1783 he was appointed aide-de-camp to George III., and especially
distinguished himself in command of an infantry brigade in Flanders
(1793–95). He was appointed Lieut.-General in 1799, and received
successively the appointments of General in the Mediterranean (1801),
Commander-in-Chief in Ireland (1803), Lieut.-Governor of Gibraltar
(1804). In 1806 he was given command of the forces in Sicily, and
appointed Ambassador to the Court of Naples, but was recalled on
the fall of the Ministry the following year and made Governor of
Portsmouth. He married, in 1786, Marianne, daughter of William Clayton,
Esq.
[34] The treaties were originally drawn up with the object of
prevailing on the King of Prussia to join against the common foe. These
efforts, however, failed, and England and Russia decided that a joint
attack on the French in Holland was the most likely step to annoy.
A second treaty was therefore concluded to this effect. After the
ultimate failure of the expedition the Russians were quartered for the
winter in Jersey and Guernsey.
[35] Evan Nepean (1751–1822), created a Baronet in 1802. He was
Secretary to the Admiralty from 1795 until 1804, when he became
Secretary of State for Ireland.
[36] General Sir Charles Grey, K.B. (1729–1807), afterwards created
Earl Grey. He was at this time in command of the Southern district in
England.
[37] Peter, seventh Lord King (1776–1833), eldest son of Peter, sixth
Lord King, and Charlotte, daughter of Edward Tredcroft, Esq., of
Horsham. He succeeded his father in 1793, and married, in 1804, Lady
Hester Fortescue, daughter of Hugh, first Earl Fortescue. His eldest
son was created Earl of Lovelace in 1838. He made his maiden speech in
the House of Lords on the above subject two months later, but seldom
took part in the debates. He became, however, a recognised authority on
questions of finance and currency.
[38] Joseph Hager, born at Milan in 1757. A German by birth, he was
educated at Vienna, and after obtaining a thorough knowledge of
European languages turned his attention to those of the East. He wrote
several books on the Chinese tongue, by which he obtained celebrity,
and was appointed Professor of Oriental Languages at Pavia in 1809.
When this post was abolished, he became Keeper of the Milan Library. He
died in 1818.
[39] At the opening of the session, on September 24.
[40] In a series of engagements centring round Zurich Masséna forced
the Russian General Korsakoff to retreat to Constance, and inflicted
on him great loss. The _Annual Register_ puts the loss of the
Allies, arrived at ‘by a most ingenious and accurate computation,’ from
September 25 to October 9, at 15,000 men, and that of the French at
9000. Suvarroff, however, was not ‘totally defeated.’ On finding what
had occurred, he decided to move his army straight across Switzerland,
and after an adventurous march, complicated by continual fighting,
effected a junction with Korsakoff early in October. Suvarroff retired
to Russia shortly after this, and died in retirement.
[41] The castle of Aboukir had been stormed and captured on July 15 by
the Turkish army under Mustapha Pasha. It fell again into the hands of
the French on August 2, after eight days’ fighting.
[42] William Cusac Smith (1766–1836), eldest son of Sir Michael Smith,
Bart., who died in 1808. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1788, and
became a King’s Counsel seven years later. Though a follower of Burke,
he sided with the Government, and was a strong supporter of their
policy of the Union. He was appointed Solicitor-General in 1800, and a
Baron of the Exchequer the following year.
[43] The position of the British and Russian troops in Holland had
become so unsatisfactory and precarious owing to the inclemency of the
weather and various other circumstances, that the Duke of York decided
early in October to withdraw his advance posts and report the whole
matter to the home Government. The enemy made one determined attack on
the British during their retirement, but were repulsed with loss. On
October 17 a truce was agreed to between the combatants, and it was
arranged as a set-off to permission to the British to re-embark without
molestation that 8000 of the Batavian and French seamen, prisoners in
England, should be given up to the French.
[44] John Philpot Curran (1750–1817), the Irish lawyer and patriot. He
was on most occasions distinguished for his wit and the brilliancy of
his conversation.
[45] George Ponsonby (1755–1817), third son of John Ponsonby, and
brother of William, first Lord Ponsonby. After many years in the Irish
Parliament, he took his seat at Westminster in 1801, as member for
Wicklow. He was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1806, but
after the fall of the Ministry returned to the House of Commons. From
1808 until his death he was recognised as the official leader of the
Opposition in that House.
[46] Bonaparte left Egypt on August 24 ‘in consequence of news from
Europe,’ as he stated in his general declaration to the Army. He landed
at Fréjus on October 7, and at once set off for Paris.
[47] William Young was not Fielding’s tutor, but an intimate friend,
who collaborated with him in several of his works.
[48] Etienne Charles Loménie de Brienne (1727–1794), who was appointed
to succeed Calonne as Finance Minister in 1787. Louis XVI. appointed
him Archbishop of Sens the following year, when he had proved himself
no greater success as Minister than his predecessor. He was replaced by
Necker.
[49] James Scarlett (1769–1844), second son of Robert Scarlett, Esq.,
of Jamaica. He was called to the Bar in 1791, and became a King’s
Counsel in 1816. After an unsuccessful attempt in 1812 he entered
Parliament as a Whig in 1819, and was made Attorney-General by Canning
in 1827. He resigned this post the following year, but considering
himself ill-used by his party in 1830, joined the Tories, and was by
them appointed Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1834. He retained
the post until the time of his death. He was created Lord Abinger
in 1835. He married, first, in 1792, Louisa Henrietta, daughter of
Peter Campbell, Esq., of Kilmory, co. Argyll; and secondly, in 1843,
Elizabeth, daughter of Lee Steere, Esq., and widow of Rev. Henry John
Ridley.
[50] Harvey Christian Combe, Lord Mayor of London for year ending
November 9, 1800.
[51] Probably William, second son of Hon. George Dalrymple, of
Dalmahoy, who became a general officer and Lieut.-Governor of Chelsea
Hospital. He died in 1807, and left a son who succeeded as seventh Earl
of Stair.
[52] Sir Gilbert Affleck’s house, near Newmarket.
[53] See _Annual Register_ for 1800, State Papers, p. 203.