FOOTNOTES:
[64] For details of the riots see Annual Register, lviii. (1816), 60-73. They were particularly numerous in May, 1816, and in the counties of Cambridge, Essex, and Suffolk. At Littleport in Cambridgeshire, on May 24, it was found necessary to fire on the rioters. Two men were killed and five were afterwards executed.
[65] Greville, Memoirs, i., 2; Walpole, History of England, i., 392, 393.
[66] The curious may be interested in the following list of the names and ages of the persons who stood next in order of succession to the crown after the death of Princess Charlotte. It will be observed that of the fourteen who stood nearest the throne, not one was under forty years of age, and not one had a legitimate child:—
| Age. | Relation to king. | ||
| 1. | George, Prince Regent | 55 | Son. |
| 2. | Frederick, Duke of York | 54 | Son. |
| 3. | William, Duke of Clarence | 52 | Son. |
| 4. | Edward, Duke of Kent | 50 | Son. |
| 5. | Ernest, Duke of Cumberland | 46 | Son. |
| 6. | Augustus, Duke of Sussex | 44 | Son. |
| 7. | Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge | 43 | Son. |
| 8. | Charlotte, Queen-Dowager of Würtemberg | 51 | Daughter. |
| 9. | Princess Augusta | 48 | Daughter. |
| 10. | Princess Elizabeth | 47 | Daughter. |
| 11. | Mary, Duchess of Gloucester | 41 | Daughter. |
| 12. | Princess Sophia | 40 | Daughter. |
| 13. | William, Duke of Gloucester | 41 | Nephew. |
| 14. | Princess Sophia of Gloucester | 44 | Niece. |
| 15. | Charles, Duke of Brunswick | 13 | Great nephew. |
[67] See, however, the Creevey Papers, i., 268-71, 284.