[587] A Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV., published in 1838. See ante, p. 310.
[588] Lady Anne Hamilton was a lady-in-waiting of Caroline, wife of George IV., whom she accompanied to England in 1820. The Secret History of the Court was published without her name, but the authorship was never disputed.
[589] Lord Guilford was the son of Lord North, George III.’s Minister, and his sister, here mentioned, was Lady Charlotte Lindsay, wife of Lieut.-Col. Hon. John Lindsay. See ante, p. 392.
[590] James Kenney (1780–1849), a successful dramatist. He was the original Jeremy Diddler in his own Raising the Wind, when it was acted by amateurs. The play was subsequently performed at Covent Garden.
[591] Granville Penn (1761–1844), grandson of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.
[592] Lady Emmeline Wortley, daughter of the fifth Duke of Rutland, wife of Charles Stuart Wortley. Her daughter, Victoria, goddaughter of the Duchess of Kent, afterwards Lady Welby-Gregory, was sometime a maid-of-honour to the Queen.
[593] Granville, Earl Gower (1721–1803), had sat for Westminster before his accession to the Peerage. Thereafter he was Lord Privy Seal, Lord Chamberlain and President of the Council. He was created Marquess of Stafford, and K.G. He married Lady Louisa Egerton, daughter and co-heiress of Scrope, first Duke of Bridgwater.
Transcriber’s Notes:
- Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.