[71] Berthier, Prince de Wagram, 1753-1815, Chief of the Staff. A close friend of Napoleon from 1796 onwards. He escaped to Bamberg in 1815 in hopes of remaining neutral, but was killed there by the emissaries of a secret society. [72] Murat, 1778-1815, King of Naples and husband of Caroline Bonaparte. He had concluded a treaty with Austria against Napoleon in January, 1814. He was shot in Calabria in 1815. [73] Massèna, Duc de Rivoli, 1758-1817. "The favoured child of victory." [74] Soult, Duc de Dalmatie, 1769-1861. He decided the victory of Austerlitz. [75] Edridge, portrait painter, 1769-1821. [76] Duke de Berri, second son of the Comte d'Artois, afterwards Charles X., 1778-1820. He married Caroline of Naples, and was the father of the Comte de Chambord. He was assassinated by Louvel on the steps of the Opera House at Paris in 1820. [77] General Du Pont, 1759-1838. [78] Eldest son of Edward Stanley, b. 1811. [79] Soissons had been taken in February by the Russians under Winzengerode. [80] E. D. Davenport, Esq., of Capesthorne, Cheshire, 1778-1847. [81] May, 1813. [82] October, 1813. [83] Subsequent accounts which I heard proved that this second account was nearer the truth than the first (E. Stanley). [84] Queen Louise, _née_ Princess of Mecklenburg Strelitz. [85] Grand Duke Constantine, brother of Czar Alexander, 1779-1831. [86] Lady Catherine North, sister of Lady Sheffield, married 1786, Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie. [87] Hon. F. North, fifth Earl of Guilford. [88] Marshal Macdonald, 1765-1840. [89] General Maison, 1771-1840, one of the most faithful of Napoleon's generals. [90] This disastrous expedition to attack Antwerp sailed under the Earl of Chatham, July 20, 1809, and ended in total failure. The troops were withdrawn in December, 1809. [91] Sir Thomas Graham, 1748-1843, afterwards Lord Lynedoch. [92] Louis Buonaparte, third brother of Napoleon, 1778-1846; King of Holland, 1806-1813. [93] A novel by Lady Morgan. [94] F. North, afterwards 5th Earl of Guilford. [95] A member of the Directory. [96] In the neighbourhood of Lyons. [97] The defeat of the British Flotilla by the Americans in September, 1814. [98] Ferdinand VII., b. 1784, d. 1833. [99] Daughter of the Duke of Saxe Coburg; married in 1796 to the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia. [100] Daughter of the second Earl of Guilford: married, 1800, John, son of Earl of Balcarres; d. 1849. [101] Son of Lord Glenbervie, and nephew of Lord Sheffield. [102] General Clarke, 1765-1818. He took part in the negotiations for the Treaty of Campo Formio in 1797. He was made Duc de Feltre for his services against the English at Walcheren. He accepted service under Louis XVIII., and was his Minister of War, 1815-1816.