[15] But his fatherly affection leads him to say, in regard to writing to him, “Write bad rather than not write at all.”
[16] Fuller died in 1841. His wife survived him until 23rd September 1869.
[17] He did not succeed to the Baronetcy until 1830.
[18] From lines by Mrs. Abdy, appended to an engraving of Lawrence’s portrait of Lady Peel.
[19] Louis-Philippe and Queen Amélie.
[20] In June 1831 Mrs. Bulwer Lytton heard a ragged newspaper boy cry:
“Good news for the poor! Great and glorious speech of His Most Gracious Majesty William the Fourth! The Reform Bill will pass. Then you’ll have your beef and mutton for a penny a pound. And then you’ll be as fine as peacocks for a mere trifle. To say nothing of ale at a penny a quart.”
[21] The Mintos belonged to the Scottish Presbyterian Church.
[22] Afterwards Lord Amberley.
[23] Lady Georgiana Peel.