“See Thrale’s grey widow with a satchel roam,
And bring in pomp laborious nothings home.”
[116] One half the prediction was fulfilled, since the Duke of Clarence outlived the Duke of York, and came to the throne in 1830, on the death of his eldest brother, at this time, 1789, the Prince of Wales.
[117] This alludes to Miss Berry’s father having been disinherited by an uncle, to whom he was heir-at-law, and a large property left to his younger brother.—Mary Berry.
[118] A drawing by Miss Agnes Berry.
[119] His secretary.
[120] An unmarried sister of the first Earl Howe, who then lived at Richmond.
[121] Here begins Kirgate’s handwriting in the MS.
[122] A friend of the Berrys. He was then one of the Commissioners for Auditing the Public Accounts.
[123] Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He was succeeded in the office by Lord Grenville.