FOOTNOTES

[1] Her brother Gilbert.

[2] Her sister Charlotte, afterwards Lady Charlotte Portal.

[3] All extracts not otherwise specified are from Lady John Russell's diary.

[4] Her sisters Mary and Elizabeth, afterwards Lady Mary Abercromby and Lady Elizabeth Romilly.

[5] Her brothers Charles and George.

[6] The next time she was to see the "old bodies" was on her own lawn at Pembroke Lodge, where she heard from the King the unimpressive story of "ma chute."

[7] Her brother, afterwards Sir Henry Elliot.

[8] The tutor.