[297] Anna Maria, daughter of the third Earl of Harrington.
[298] Louisa Fox-Strangways, daughter of the second Earl of Ilchester.
[299] He had been executor to the Queen’s father. One of her first acts was to discharge the debts contracted by the Duke of Kent, which the Duchess had never been able to pay off. See ante, p. 69.
[300] Colonel the Hon. H. F. C. Cavendish (1789–1873), son of Lord Burlington. Clerk-Marshal to the Queen. Married as his second wife Frances Susan, sister of Lord Durham.
[301] Queen Adelaide, the Queen Dowager, a Princess of the House of Saxe-Meiningen. Her attitude towards the young Queen was absolutely perfect, in its simple dignity and freedom from every taint of envy.
[302] Georgina Howard, daughter of the sixth Earl of Carlisle.
[303] Anne, wife of Francis William, second Earl of Charlemont.
[304] Second son of the fourth Duke of Grafton.
[305] George Byng, afterwards second Earl of Strafford.
[306] Lord Durham, by his charming manners, had overcome certain prejudice which had been felt in St. Petersburg on his appointment. He was exceedingly popular with the Emperor. He returned to England, it was said, “a greater aristocrat than ever.” See ante, p. 81.