[417] Lord Minto. See ante, p. 200.
[418] Lord Howick. See ante, p. 200.
[419] “Your Majesty’s most affectionate Friend, Aunt, and Subject, Adelaide.”
[420] Lord Melbourne’s sister, afterwards Lady Palmerston. See p. 242.
[421] Dietz had been Governor to Prince Ferdinand, and accompanied him to Portugal, where he took a considerable part in political affairs.
[422] George, Lord Byron, succeeded his cousin the poet in 1824. He was an extra Lord-in-waiting to the Queen.
[423] It was altered by King Edward in 1905, and the Prime Minister now takes rank immediately after the Archbishop of York.
[424] Whig M.P. for West Riding of Yorkshire.
[425] Joseph Pease, M.P. for South Durham, had been a pioneer of railway construction, and had assisted his father in forming (upon the persuasion of George Stephenson) the Stockton and Darlington line.
[426] Sir George Grey of Falloden, Northumberland, second Baronet (1799–1882), Under-Secretary for the Colonies. Appointed Judge Advocate-General in 1839, and in 1846 Home Secretary under Lord John Russell, an office which he held for nearly twenty years. He was a man of fine presence and great social charm. His high moral qualities and freedom from personal ambition gained for him the esteem of both political parties and the confidence of his countrymen. He has been worthily succeeded in his title and all else by his grandson, Sir Edward Grey, K.G.