The Life of George Borrow

by Herbert George Jenkins

[168d] Ibid.

[169] The Bible in Spain, page 173.

[170a] Born 1790, commissariat contractor in 1808 during the French invasion, he was of great assistance to his country. In 1823 he fled from the despotism of Ferdinand VII.; he returned twelve years later as Minister of Finance under Toreno. He resigned in 1837, was again in power in 1841, and died in 1853.

[170b] George William Villiers, afterwards 4th Earl of Clarendon, born 12th Jan. 1800; created G.C.B., 19th Oct. 1837; succeeded his uncle as Earl of Clarendon, 1838; K.G., 1849. He twice refused a Marquisate, also the Governor-generalship of India. He refused the Order of the Black Eagle (Prussia) and the Legion of Honour. Lord Privy Seal, 1839–41; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1840–1, 1864–5; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1847–52. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1853–8, 1865–6, 1868–9. Died 27th June 1870.

[171] The Bible in Spain, page 165.

[173a] Extracts accompanying letter to Rev. A. Brandram, 22nd March 1836.

[173b] Ibid.

[173c] Ibid.

[174] Letter of 22nd March 1837.

[175a] Letter to Rev. A. Brandram, 22nd May 1836.