[336] For the Chancellorship of the University, rendered vacant by the death of the Duke of Portland on October 30. Lord Grenville, Lord Eldon, and the Duke of Beaufort were the rival candidates.
[337] Martin Davy (1763–1839). He was elected Master of Caius in 1803, and held that position until his death. He was a staunch Whig, and was given a living near Cambridge in 1827.
[338] A town in Portugal, one of the sights of which is a magnificent cathedral.
[339] Lady Anne Fitzpatrick, and her father, Lord Upper Ossory.
[340] An amendment to the Address was moved in both Houses, deploring the ill-success of the late expeditions, and demanding an inquiry into the reasons of their failure. Creevey says in his journal (Creevey Papers, i. 123): ‘Notwithstanding Tierney’s calculations and prophecy that we should be in a majority, we were beat by ninety-six.’
[341] The figures were 144 to 92, against the Amendment.
[342] His motion was, ‘To appoint a Committee to inquire into the policy and conduct of the late expedition to the Scheldt.’
[343] William Frederick Eden, eldest son of William, first Lord Auckland. He was born in 1782, and was, at the time of his death, Deputy-Teller of the Exchequer.
[344] Domingo Antonio de Souza, Marquis de Funchal (1765–1832), Portuguese Ambassador in England.
[345] William Windham died on June 4, 1810, from the effects of a severe operation for a tumour on his hip. About a year before he had sustained an injury from some falling woodwork, when engaged in trying to save from fire a valuable library belonging to his friend the Hon. Frederick North, and on this the disease fastened.