[547] A lovely portrait of her by Gainsborough is the property of Lord Rothschild at Tring Park.
[548] Lord Seymour bore, by courtesy, the only other title of his father, the Duke of Somerset. So there was not a third title available for the grandson, as is the case in other families of ducal rank.
[549] Thomas Sheridan, actor and lecturer on elocution. Published in 1780 a General Dictionary of the English Language with a special view to teaching pronunciation. A work of phonetic rather than philological value.
[550] Eldest surviving son of the third Marquess of Lansdowne, and afterwards fourth Marquess. The elder brother (Lord Kerry) had died without male issue.
[551] Aunt of Lord Shelburne. She was a daughter of the fourth Earl of Bessborough.
[552] Lord Shelburne married in 1840 Lady Georgina Herbert, daughter of the eleventh Earl of Pembroke. She died in the following year. In 1843 he married the Hon. Emily Elphinstone-de-Flahaut, in her own right Baroness Nairne.
[553] Formerly Lady Cavendish. Her husband had succeeded as second Earl of Burlington in 1834. See ante, p. 53. She died in 1840.
[554] George, fifth Earl of Essex (1757–1839).
[555] Ladies of unblemished character, retired from the stage, were permitted to appear at Court.
[556] Charles, Earl Grey, the ex-Prime Minister, who rarely came to town at this period of his life, and must have been a novelty for the Queen.