[155] His medical attendant.
[156] William, fourth Earl Fitzwilliam (1748–1833), Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1795.
[157] The attempt to blow up Bonaparte on the way to the Opera took place on December 24, 1800. The plot was hatched by three Chouans—Limoëlan, Saint-Réjant, and Carbon. The two latter were taken and executed; but the first-named escaped to America. An extract from Lord Wycombe’s diary relating to the atrocity appears on p. 142.
[158] Hon. William Stuart (1755–1822), fifth son of Lord Bute. Appointed Bishop of St. David’s, 1793, and Archbishop of Armagh in 1800.
[159] Hon. Mary Elizabeth Nugent, daughter of Robert, Viscount Clare (afterwards Earl Nugent). She married, in 1775, George Grenville, second son of the Right Hon. George Grenville. He succeeded his uncle as second Earl Temple in 1779, and was created Marquess of Buckingham in 1784. He was twice Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1782–3, 1787–9: and died in 1813. Lady Buckingham was created Baroness Nugent in 1800, with remainder to her second son, George, at whose death in 1850 the title became extinct.
[160] Charles, afterwards second and last Marquess Cornwallis (1774–1823).
[161] John Fitzgibbon, appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1789, and raised to an earldom in 1795, as Earl of Clare. He married, in 1786, Anne, daughter of Richard Whaley, Esq.
[162] This of course was not the case. The King recovered sufficiently to permit of the necessary arrangements being made.
[163] Lord St. Vincent became First Lord of the Admiralty in Addington’s Government, giving up the Channel Fleet.
[164] Admiral the Hon. William Cornwallis (1744–1819), Marquess Cornwallis’ brother, when proceeding as commander-in-chief to the West Indies in 1796, put back owing to damage to his ship. He was ordered to start again at once in a small frigate, but declined to do so on the grounds of health. For this he was brought to a Court martial, but though practically acquitted, he resigned his command.