[367] Amelia, daughter of the Grand Duke of Oldenbourg, married to Otho I., King of Greece.
[368] Uncle of the Emperor.
[369] Nicholas I., reigned 1826–55.
[370] Ferdinand I., born in 1793, succeeded his father, Francis I., in 1835. He was brother to Napoleon’s second wife, Marie Louise.
[371] Charles, fourth Earl of Harrington, married Maria, daughter of Samuel Foote the actor.
[372] William, first Earl of Craven, married Louisa, an undistinguished actress, daughter of John Brunton of Norwich.
[373] Edward, twelfth Earl of Derby, married Elizabeth Farren, a Haymarket actress of considerable beauty and charm.
[374] Afterwards Field-Marshal and first Lord Seaton. He was one of Wellington’s generals in the Peninsula and at Waterloo. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, and on Lord Durham’s recall was nominated to succeed him.
[375] Lord Francis Egerton was the second son of George Granville, first Duke of Sutherland. The immense fortune of Francis, third and last Duke of Bridgewater (the father of English inland navigation and, in conjunction with Brindley, constructor of the canal which bears his name) was devised to the first Duke of Sutherland for life, and thereafter to Lord Francis, who on attaining possession assumed the surname of Egerton, in lieu of Leveson-Gower. A “condition subsequent” tending to divest the property in a certain event was decided to be opposed to “public policy.” Lord Francis was created Earl of Ellesmere in 1846.
[376] Lady Falkland. Amelia Fitzclarence, daughter of William IV. See ante, p. 113.