The coming of the Savage Club to Adelphi Terrace occasioned much sorrow to one of the kindest-hearted men who ever lived--E.L. Blanchard, who had rooms in No. 6 from April 1876 until March 1889, a few months before his death. Edward Litt Laman Blanchard--son of William Blanchard (1769-1835), an actor who was celebrated for his Bob Acres, Sir Hugh Evans, Fluellen, Menenius, and Polonius--was born on December 11, 1820. He was a prolific writer, and for many years was the dramatic critic and theatrical chronicler of _The Daily Telegraph_. He wrote the Drury Lane pantomime for thirty-seven years--a marvellous record. On December 11, 1888, he writes in his _Diary_: "Am reminded, to my amazement, that I am sixty-eight this day. Thank God for the many unexpected blessings I have had." On the following day he hears "with inexpressible regret that the Savage Club signed yesterday an agreement to take these premises, and the adjoining house, No. 7." On the 15th he writes: "Receive formal notice to give up possession of Adelphi Terrace on Lady Day next, which troubles me greatly." His death occurred on September 4, 1889. Among the many shadows of the past which rise up before me as I bring to a close this history of the Adelphi of the Brothers Adam, there is none for which I have a greater reverence, or greater affection, than that of gentle, sweet-natured E.L. Blanchard. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 46: Pennant's _Account of London_, ed. 1813, p. 537. It has been stated recently that Messrs Martin & Co., of Lombard Street, the direct successors of Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579), are the oldest bankers in London. But I prefer to believe Pennant.] [Footnote 47: Robert Chambers, in his _Journal_ (No. 567, Nov. 7, 1874).] [Footnote 48: _Representative Actors_, W. Clark Russell, p. 322.] [Footnote 49: _Memoirs of Miss Mellon_, vol. i., p. 309.] [Footnote 50: Cunningham's _Handbook of London_, 1850, p. 476.] [Footnote 51: _London Past and Present_, vol. i., p. 6.] CHAPTER X York House--Francis Bacon--The Great Seal taken from Him--Lord Keeper Egerton--The Duke of Buckingham, King James' "Steenie"--Magnificence of his Entertainments--Contemporary Descriptions--Bishop Goodman's Praise--The Second Duke--Dryden's Revenge--The "Superstitious Pictures" of York House--Buckingham's Marriage--Spanish, Russian, and French Ambassadors Here--Visits by Pepys and Evelyn--Duke of Buckingham sells York House--His Curious Condition of Sale--The Duke's _Litany_.