Authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence; Eden, Emily, 1797-1869 -- Correspondence
[4] Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart. (1806-1863), of Harpton Court,
Radnorshire. On his father’s death in 1855 he succeeded to the
baronetcy; he became Chancellor of the Exchequer the same year, Home
Secretary in 1859, and Secretary for War in 1861.
[5] A full account of this time is given in _Life and Death of Lord
Edward FitzGerald_, by Thomas Moore, also in _Edward and Pamela
FitzGerald_, by Gerald Campbell.
[6] Hon. Eleanor Eden, married in 1799 Lord Hobart (Earl of
Buckinghamshire). He died in 1816; she was generally known as Lady
Bucks.
[7] Anne Isabella, daughter of Sir R. Milbanke Noel, married Lord Byron,
January 2, 1815. He had proposed to her and been refused in 1812.
[8] Miss Eden’s sister, who married Charles Drummond the banker in 1819.
[9] Nicholas Vansittart (1766-1851), Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1812;
he was created Baron Bexley in 1823; he had married Miss Eden’s sister,
who died in 1810.
[10] Miss Eden’s brother, Lord Auckland (the comical dog); he succeeded
his father as 2nd Baron Auckland in 1814. He became President of the
Board of Trade in 1830, First Lord of the Admiralty in 1834,
Governor-General of India in 1835, First Lord of the Admiralty in 1840.
[11] By Claude de Ruthière.
[12] Daughter of Robert, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire; she married, Sept.
1, 1814, Frederick John Robinson, second son of Thomas, Lord Grantham.
Created Viscount Goderich in 1827. He became Prime Minister after
Canning’s death.
[13] Her father, who died May 28, 1814.
[14] Her sister, Charlotte Eden, married Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne
in 1800.
[15] George, subsequently 8th Duke of Leeds.
[16] Daughter of 3rd Lord Bessborough, married W. Lamb (Viscount
Melbourne) in 1805, and finally separated from him in 1825. She died in
1828.
[17] Near Dorchester, belonging to Lord Ilchester.
[18] In Berkshire, belonging to Colonel Arthur Vansittart, who married
Caroline Eden.
[19] Miss Eden’s brother.
[20] Count Meerveldt was the Austrian Ambassador; he died the following
year.
[21] Widow of Spencer Percival, who was assassinated in 1812; she
married, secondly, Mr. Carr (Lieut.-Col. Sir H. Carr).
[22] Lady Elizabeth Fox-Strangways, widow of Mr. Talbot of Laycock Abbey
in Wiltshire, married, secondly, in 1804, Captain Feilding, R.N.,
afterwards Rear-Admiral.
[23] Amelia, daughter of Viscount Melbourne, married in 1805 5th Earl of
Cowper.
[24] Lady Sarah Fane, daughter of 10th Earl of Westmoreland, married in
1804 5th Earl of Jersey.
[25] Lady Louisa Fox-Strangways married in 1808 Henry, 3rd Marquess of
Lansdowne.
[26] Lady Louisa Fitzmaurice.
[27] Earl of Kerry, aged three.
[28] Caroline married in 1831 3rd Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe, and Horatia
married in 1850 Mr. T. Gaisford.
[29] A Treaty of Peace was signed at Ghent between England and the
United States on December 24, 1814.
[30] A great friend of Lord and Lady Holland, born in 1764.
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