[352] Peace was concluded at Amiens between Great Britain and Ireland on the one side, and France, Spain, and the Batavian Republic on the 27th of March 1802, and lasted till the 18th of May 1803, when Great Britain resumed hostilities.—T.
[353] Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806), née Spencer, wife of the fifth Duke of Devonshire, and famous for her wit, beauty and social and political influence.—T.
[354] Elizabeth Viscountess Melbourne (1753-1818), née Milbanke, married in 1769 to Peniston Lamb, first Viscount Melbourne. The rise of her family was due to her brilliant qualities.—T.
[355] Emily Mary Marchioness of Salisbury (1751-1835), daughter of Wills Hill, first Marquess of Downshire, and married to James Cecil, seventh Earl, later first Marquess of Salisbury, in 1773. Lady Salisbury perished in the fire that burnt down the west wing of Hatfield House in November 1835.—T.
[356] Antoine Philippe Duc de Montpensier (1775-1807) died in England of a malady of the chest.—T.
[357] Louis Comte de Beaujolais (1779-1808) died in Malta.—T.
[358] George IV. was appointed Regent of the United Kingdom in 1811, and came to the throne on the 29th of January 1820; Louis-Philippe usurped the throne of France on the 9th of August 1830.—T.
[359] Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas, later (1819) tenth Duke of Hamilton and seventh of Brandon (d. 1852), had been Ambassador to St. Petersburg and was, at this time (1802), M.P. for Lanarkshire.—T.
[360] Charles X. came to Holyrood in 1830. The Dukes of Hamilton are Hereditary Keepers of Holyrood Palace.—T.
[361] Charlotte Duchess of Somerset, née Douglas-Hamilton, married, in 1800, to the eleventh Duke of Somerset.—T.