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Please do not assume that a book's appearance in 'The Builder' library means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. The Webmaster FHE BEAUTIFUL ADY C RAV E N ft" Ll-^^^g^r—^v^^-^^.a^.^j'M^s^L^.w BOOKS BY A. M. BROADLEY DR. JOHNSON AND MRS. THRALE With 24 Illustrations from rare Originals. Demy 8vo. NAPOLEON IN CARICATURE: 1795-1821 With 24 Illustrations in Colour and upwards of 200 in Black and AVhite. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. With J. HOLLAND ROSE DUMOURIEZ AND THE DEFENCE OF ENGLAND AGAINST NAPOLEON With numerous Portraits, Maps and Facsimiles. Demy 8vo. With H. F. B. WHEELER NAPOLEON AND THE INVASION OF ENGLAND With 114 Illustrations, including 8 in Colour. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. THE WAR IN WEXFORD With numerous Reproductions of Contemporary Portraits and Engravings, Demy 8vo. BOOKS BY LEWIS MELVILLE PHILIP DUKE OF WHARTON With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WILLIAM COBBETT IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA With numerous Illustrations, 2 vols. Demy 8vo. WnxiAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY With numerous Illustrations. 2 vols. Demy 8vo, JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD, LONDON THE BEAUTIFUL LADY CRAVEN The Original Memoirs of Elizabeth Baroness Craven afterwards Margravine of Anspach and Bayreuth and Princess Berkeley of the Holy Roman Empire (1750- 1828) Edited with Notes and a Biographical and Historical Introduction containing much unpublished matter by A. M. BROADLEY ^ LEWIS MELVILLE WITH 48 ILLUSTRATIONS IN TWO VOLS. VOL.11 LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY TORONTO : BELL & COCKBURN MCMXIV >t\ — CONTENTS ^'OLUME II CHAPTER VII I'AGB De Bievre—Blanchard the aeronaut—Comte de Goertz, late minister of the Great Frederic—Anecdotes—Prince Kaunitz. 3-9 CHAPTER VIII I accompany the IMargrave into Italy, after a residence of some time at the Court of Anspach—Court of Naples—Ferdinand 10-21 —Sir Wilham and Lady Hamilton—Our amusements . CHAPTER IX We return to Anspach, after paying a visit to the King of Prussia at Berlin—We reside three months at the Palace—Illness of Lord Craven at Bath—Death of the Margravine—Sir William Hamilton informs me by letter of the death of Lord Craven Lady Betty Germaine 2 2-3 8 CHAPTER X The Margrave and I proceed to England on our journey to Lisbon —Our arrival there—We are waited upon by the Ministers The Queen of Portugal writes to me—i\Iy marriage with the Margrave ........ 39-42 CHAPTER XI We proceed to Spain—Our arrival at Madrid, and reception there —Charles IV—Royal Palace—Madrid—The Escurial—The theatre—Spanish manners—Spanish women—Napoleon and the Spanish Princes—Josephine—Escoiquez—Duchess of Che%Teuse—We leave JIadrid, and pass through France on our return to England ...... 43~52 V — vi THE BEAUTIFUL LADY CRAVEN CHAPTER XII PAGE We arrive at Berlin—Our kind reception there again by the King of Prussia—Authentic anecdotes of the Great Frederic Explanation of his conduct to Baron de Trenck—The Philo- sophers and lUuminati—Freemasonry—Rosenfeld—M. Bardt —M. Eberhard—M. Edelmann—Thaumaterges—Character of Frederic 53-74 CHAPTER XIII Information which I obtained at Berlin respecting Voltaire—His quarrel with the King—Bust of him in my possession—His singular habits—His house at Ferney—Anecdotes of him Curious prediction respecting myself .... 75-S2 CHAPTER XIV Anecdote of Sir William Windham—Prince of Wales—Remarks —Lord Lyttclton—Lord Clarendon—Duke of Buckingham Observations on the marvellous—Anecdote of Loi'd Clarendon —Mademoiselle Le Normand ..... 83-91 CHAPTER XV My return to England—Conduct of my eldest daughters and family—Message from the Queen to the Margrave—I write an appeal to the House of Lords—Sir Theophilus Metcalfe General Dalrymple—Purchase of Brandenburgh House—The Margrave presents me with Benham, in Berkshire—My son Keppel Craven—Lord Craven—Amusements at Brandenburgh House ......... 92-108 CHAPTER XVI Beckford—Mrs. Montague—Lord Thurlow—Madame de Vaucluse —Dr. Johnson—Lady Bute—Mr. Thompson of Yorkshire Lord Nugent—Lord Huntingdon—Due de Guisnes—Anec- dotes of Marshal Saxe ...... 1 09-131 CHAPTER XVII Literature—Mr. Edward Jerninghara—Lord Thurlow—Anec- dotes of his Lordship—Remarks .... 132-141 ——- CONTENTS vii CHAPTER XVIII PAGB Accident which befel the IMarquis of Lansdowne at Southampton —Jephson—Colman—Mr. Elwes—Mr. Sloper—Sheridan's father—Sheridan—Anecdotes of him—Duke of Richmond— Mr. Charles Greville—Mr. Wilkes—Marquis de la Fayette 142-156 CHAPTER XIX Female line of the House of Brunswick—Peculiar misfortunes of that branch—^The Empress Catherine II —Extraordinary Life of her published in France and suppressed—The Princess Tarrakanoff, and Alexis Orloff . 157-164 CHAPTER XX Pitt—Dundas—Lord North—His present Majesty George IV 165-176 CHAPTER XXI Luxury in England—A foreigner's description of a City dinner The ideas of a Portuguese on the subject—Customs in France, Spain, and England—Gaming—Anecdote of a noble Duke Mr. O' Kelly—Disadvantages of London—Plan for the benefit of servants—Lord Thurlow's notions respecting London and Paris—My advice to his Lordship, and the effect of his upon me—Home Tooke ....... 177-189 CHAPTER XXII Murphy at Hammersmith—Anecdotes of him—Lord Thurlow Burke—Courage of Lord Berkeley when attacked by a high- wayman—Gallant conduct of Sir George Berkeley—General Moreau—The Emperor Napoleon .... 190-197 CHAPTER XXIII Napoleon at Marengo—Death and character of General Desaix Anecdotes of his career—Prince de Conde—The Duke D'Enghien—Curious particulars of Napoleon's conduct on the occasion of the Duke's execution—Anecdotes of Napoleon and Josephine—The King of Sweden's opinion respecting Napoleon—Extraordinary physiognomies—Madame de Stael and Tallien—General Hoche ; remarkable circumstances attending his death—Anecdotes regarding him—The pre- tended Dauphin—Anecdotes of Louis XVIII—Lord Strang- ford ......... 198-225 viii THE BEAUTIFUL LADY CRAVEN CHAPTER XXIV PACE The Margrave's illness—His death and character—The King of Prussia executes a deed in my favour, which is rtitified by his successor—The Margrave's body interred at Benliam . 226-242 Appendices ........ 245-268 Bibliography ........ 269-272 Pedigrees ....... facing 272 Index ......... 275-306 ILLUSTRATIONS The Margravine of Anspach . Frontispiece From the picture by George Romnej' (1793) in the possession of the Fish- mongers' Company. FACING PAGE Frederika Louise of Prussia, wife of Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Anspach, k.g., and Mother of THE Husband of Lady Craven . 34 From the contemporary engraving in the collection of A. M. Broadley. Frederic William II, King of Prussia, Crowned at Berlin in the year 1786 . ... 54 French Masonic Lodge towards the end of the Eighteenth Century and Frederick the Great, 1740, initiating a Freemason . ... 62 From a contemporary engraving. A Lodge of Mopses or Female Freemasons . 70 From a French engraving of 1740. The Margravine of Anspach . ... 98 From an engraving by Ridley after Reynolds. Brandenburgh House and Theatre . ... 100 From an engraving by Lewis after J. Neal for The Beauties of England and IValcs. Benham Valence, Newbury, the Berkshire Home of the Margrave and Margravine of Anspach, now the Pro- perty of Sir Richard Sutton . ... 102 Benham Valence, Berkshire, the Seat of the Margravine of Anspach . ... 104 From an engraving by J. Walker and J. Greig after J. Nixon. The Margravine of Anspach , . 116 From an engraving by Ridley after an original miniature. William Cavendish, Fifth Duke of Devonshire, 1748-1S11, AND GEORGIANA DuCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE, 1757-1806 . I46 From an unpublished water-colour drawing by Georgiana Keate. ix X THE BEAUTIFUL LADY CRAVEN KACIKG PAGE Louis XVIII . ... 220 From an engraving by J. C. Stadler after C.