A SKETCH OF THE LIFE E R IANA LADY DE R G O G , OS, W ITH S OME REM IN ISCEN CES OF HER FAMILY AND F IENDS R , D IN CLUDING THE UKE OF WELLINGTON . BY HER DAUGHTER, BLE M R . R T HE HON S J . WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON OHN MURRAY ALBEMARLE TREET. J , S 1 8 93 . 2 PRINTED BY WI LLIAM WES AND SON S LIMITED CLO , , ST A MFORD ST REET A ND CR AKING CRoss . E P R E F A C . IN the January and February numbe rs ’ M u rra s M a azine 1 88 of y g for 9 , the La Ros u Dowager dy de p blished , at u an of the req est of m y her friends , her Personal Recolle ctions of the Great ” n n T Duke of Welli gto . hese were so a u r c u c f vo ably re eived by the p bli , that it u has been tho ght desirable to‘ reprint them u fac a in one vol me , pre ing them with short memoir of the writer, together with of c c some her orresponden e, and a few other reminiscences of a life which ex tended over nearly a century . E CONT NT S . PAGE ’ PRINCESS CHARLOT TE THE DUKE or YORK S J UBILEE or 1809 AND STATUE 1887 MARMONT ’ ANEcDOTE or LADY THE DUKE S GO DSON E x AM SARAH L NNo . LORD BROUGH DEATH OF THE D UKE or LONDON SOCIETY IN I 83 I EN . RICHMOND THE HON . EMILY ED NINETEEN PRIME MINIS DEATH OF THE D UKE ’ TERS THE D UKE s FUNERAL LORD MELBOURNE AND THE FUNERAL PROCES IR P L S S R . EE ION MARRIAGE LORD DE Ros IN PARIS III EARLY MARRIED LI FE NAPOLEON . THE D UKE O F WELLI NG LETTERS FROM VARNA TON OMER PACHA OPENING OF THE LIVER LORD D E Ros IN TUR POOL AND MA NCHESTER KEY W RAIL AY . ’ MR. HUSKISSON S DEATH LORD DE Ros INVAL IDED THE ROYAL FAMILY HON . EMILY EDEN AT ANECDOTEs OF THE BROADSTAIRS D UKE LIPE AT STRANGPO RD AN T OF EO V ECDO E G . I . LADY WESTMINSTER ANECDOTES or THE D UKE LORD DE Ros AT THE PoLIGNAc TOWER v1 t Con ents. PAGE MILITARY VISITORS THE BRUSSELS BALL 12 3 FRIENDS AND OCCUPA GUESTS AT THE BALL 12 4 TIONS THE EVE OP THE BATTLE 13 2 ROYAL ENGINEERS AT TIDI N Gs OP THE BATTLE 135 E ’ RUNNYMEDE . TH D UKE S RETURN 13 7 OCCUPATIONS THE FIELD OP WATER THE WATERLOO BALL LOO M A B 18 16— 1 ROO C M RAI , 7 WATERLOO DAY GENERAL ALAVA THE J UBILEE OF 1887 SPAIN WA O E T T M TERL O R MIN IS MON S . ARTIN CENCES ANECDOTES OP THE VISIT To THE QUEEN D UKE ROYAL VISITORS THE SPANISH PRAYE R WATERLOO DAY BOOK WATERLOO AND VIT WALMER AND STRATH P IELDSAYE TORIA . OP ALRE I AN THE EARL REL D . MARLE 99 LIPE AT WALMER LI PE AT ENGLEPIELD STRATHPIELDSAYE GREEN THE CATO STREET CON ’ THE DUKE S LETTERS To SPI RACY ’ D K S PRECAU MISS J . THE U E D 0 S LAST AYS . 1 7 TION DEATH OF LADY DE Ros 109 THE RIDE PROM THE BISHOP WILKINSON I I I MINT 166 ’ ’ LORD D UPPERIN S RE CANTILLON s ATTEMPT 169 COLLECTIONS NAPOLEON AN D MOLE 17 1 1 2 PERSONAL RECOLLEC MR. PITT 7 TIONS OF THE GREAT TALLEYRAND 1 75 I W L 1 D UKE OP WELLINGTON 1 17 S R R. I SON 77 1 1 1 CA O OP S N S 1 BRUSSELS IN 18 4 . 9 EDU TI N PA IARD 79 12 1 ES 180 J UNE 18 15 AT BRUSSELS . PIONAGE L I ST OF I LLU ST RAT I ON S . R A E R s P C BY PO TR IT OP LADY D o . FROM A I TURE ‘ S SW 186 Frontir zm THE LATE J AME INTON , PAINTED 5 p O LD S F COURT, TRANG ORD LOUGH A PORTRAIT OP L DY DE Ros IN HER 93RD YEAR . FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY HER SON 80 T M 1 MONT S . ARTIN 17 P - M T M acin a e 1 LAY BILL AT ONT S . ARTIN f gp g 44 PORTRAIT OP THE D UKE OP WELLINGTON . FROM A D W BY SI R S W C RA ING THOMA LA REN E, IN THE POSSESSION OP LORD FREDERIC KERR A UTOGRAPH OP LADY DE Ros AUTOGRAPH NOTE OP LADY DE Ros GEORGIANA LADY DE ROS , . O IA A LEN Nox L GE RG N , afterwards ady de Ros u n , was the third da ghter Of Colo el L n so n L Charles e nox , only Of ord George Lennox . She was born on September oth 1 M lecomb in u u 3 , 79 5 , at o , S ssex, ntil 1806 c of the residen e her father, when he ucc u c u s eeded his n le Charles , third D ke R c L u n of i hmond, ennox and A big y, in the titles and estates . Her mother w as Lady t of Charlo te Gordon , the eldest the five u of u u of da ghters Alexander, fo rth D ke Max Gordon , by his marriage with Jean u u and t well , known as the bea tif l wit y Duchess of Gordon . ' ' 2 R emzmscemes of L ady de Ros. Molecomb is a short distance from o c Go dwood, and there was onstant inter u of cou rse between the two ho ses . One ’ Lady de Ros s earliest recollections was that of going to Goodwood to play W ith c u a FitzGerald her pretty little o sin, Pamel , (the daughter Of the unfortunate Lord E a itzGerald r L dw rd F , ) afterwa ds ady m u Ca pbell, who had been sm ggled over from France in a cheese - ship during the c c - cu t war, and whose Fren h oal s t le shaped bonnet was the admiration and envy of her young cousins ! Another early reminiscence was that when the Duke o f York came to dine c with her parents, and the hildren were u for H R H bro ght in . to see them, he good - naturedly insisted on sending them off at once in a hackney coach to his box to of at the theatre, see the Pantomime ” c u c of c Mother Goose, in onseq en e whi h ' te P n ncess CIza rlot . 3 all The u e n they adored him . d el betw e L and u Colonel ennox the D ke of York, in 1 8 no t u ue 7 9 , did hinder s bseq nt f e w f ri ndship ith the amily . a c La f As hild, dy Georgiana O ten c h o W played with Prin ess C arl tte , hom s he c r des ribed as a mer y, frank, and e c xtremely indis reet girl , Openly avowing that the tw o things in the world she most “ hated were boiled mutton and— grand mamma When Lady Georgiana first u r went to Co rt, the hoop was still wo n as u -t u a Co r dress , and j st as she was p roachin u She u n p g the Q een , fo d herself s z c w ho u ei ed by Prin ess Charlotte, t rned u her hoop ro nd , telling her it was all wrong ! ” i ’ O n Lady Georgiana s return from u a u s Br ssels, when there was q e tion of marriage between the Princess and the c of to W Prin e Orange , hom she had B 2 ' ' ’ R zmsoen es o L ad ao R o 4 em o f y s . a H R a L d H . great dislike , . sked a y e W ! how ou G orgiana, ell did y leave the Prince of Orange ! is he as beautiful as ever ! ” he being remarkably the reverse . The Duke of Richmond was made L L u n of 1 80 and ord ie te ant Ireland in 7, took up his residence with his family in n Th f u . e u o w as D bli J bilee George I I I . c c 1 80 La elebrated in O tober, 9 , and dy de Ros remembered going out into the streets of u to u a D blin see the ill min tions, as de c in s ribed the following letter. ' ' Willzam O ilw e E s to f air w e E mz g , q” if , Zy, D ow ager D aefiess of L eimter (tfze D uke of ef nt Rio/zmon s au ) . DUBLIN Oct. 2 a 180 , 7 , 9, ’ cl 5 o ock. not et to B ed near two s I did g , till thi morn n and w as at and a e ne er i g up 7 , h v v till s m n e e en a e to sit o n to r e o ou thi i ut b bl d w w it t y . I had dine d at the Park and went with some of the young Ladies and the Dutchess to see the u h lee 1 a d 1 88 y of 809 n 7 .