.
J. W. Croker (1780-1857),—the "Wenham" of Thackeray, the "Rigby" of Disraeli, and the "Con Crawley" of Lady Morgan's
Florence Macarthy
, had been made Secretary to the Admiralty in 1809. At his request Captain Carlton of the
Boyne
, "just then ordered to re-enforce Sir Edward Pellew" in the Mediterranean, had consented to receive Byron into his cabin for the voyage,"
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