[229] Invasion of the Crimea, vol. vi. p. 426 n.

[230] See below, p. [336].

[231] In a letter to Sir John McNeill, May 3, 1857.

[232] Letter to Edwin Chadwick, Oct. 17, 1860. He had urged her to see Mr. Kinglake with a view to indoctrinating him with the true moral of the Crimean muddles.

[233] To Miss Ellen Tollet from Lea Hurst.

[234] See above, p. [297].

[235] Life of the Prince Consort, vol. iii. p. 503.

[236] Panmure, vol. ii. p. 306.

[237] Son of Sir James, whom he succeeded in the baronetcy; married to Charlotte Coltman. There was afterwards a family connection with the Nightingales, as Lady Clark's nephew, Mr. William Coltman, married Miss Nightingale's cousin, Bertha Smith.

[238] Which, however, may not improbably have been suggested to him by the Queen. For Her Majesty's initiative and keen interest in the matter of the Netley Hospital, see Life of the Prince Consort, vol. iii. pp. 227, 491.