Category: Biographies

George Selwyn

Frederick, fifth Earl of Carlisle--Lady Sarah Bunbury--The Duke of Grafton--Carlisle, Charles Fox, and the Hollands abroad--Current Events--Card-playing--A dinner at Crawford's--Lady Bolingbroke --Almack's--The Duke of Bedford--Lord Clive--The Nabobs--Corporation of Oxford sel...

Chapters

11. Chapter 11

Political events--At Richmond--The Duke of Queensberry's villa --Princess Amelia--The King's illness--The French Revolution --Proposed visit to Castle Howard--In Gloucestershire...

8. Chapter 8

Fox's Debts--Lord Holland--News from London--Interview with Fox--The Fire at Holland House--A Visit to Tunbridge--Provision for Mie Mie --County business and electioneering at G...

9. Chapter 9

A drum at Selwyn's--George, Lord Morpeth--Dr. Warner--Sale of the Houghton pictures--The House of Commons--Pitt's first speech--Selwyn unwell--Play at Brooks's--London gaieties-...

10. Chapter 10

Fox's political principles--The fifth Duke of Bedford--A little dinner--A debate in the Commons--The attack on Lord George Germaine --Beckford--An evening at Brooks's--Pitt and...

7. Chapter 7

Frederick, fifth Earl of Carlisle--Lady Sarah Bunbury--The Duke of Grafton--Carlisle, Charles Fox, and the Hollands abroad--Current events--Card-playing--A dinner at Crawford's-...

6. Chapter 6

During the latter half of the eighteenth century no man had more friends in the select society which comprised those who were of the first importance in English politics, fashio...

5. Chapter 5

Political Events--At Richmond--The Duke of Queensberry's villa --Princess Amelia--The King's illness--The French Revolution --Proposed visit to Castle Howard--In Gloucestershire...

4. Chapter 4

Fox's political principles--The fifth Duke of Bedford--A little dinner--A debate in the Commons--The attack on Lord George Germaine --An evening at Brooks's--Pitt and his friend...

2. Chapter 2

Fox's debts--Lord Holland--News from London--Interviews with Fox--The Fire at Holland House--A Visit to Tunbridge--Provision for Mie Mie--County business and electioneering at G...

1. Chapter 1

Frederick, fifth Earl of Carlisle--Lady Sarah Bunbury--The Duke of Grafton--Carlisle, Charles Fox, and the Hollands abroad--Current Events--Card-playing--A dinner at Crawford's-...

3. Chapter 3

A drum at Selwyn's--George, Lord Morpeth--Dr. Warner--Sale of the Houghton pictures--The House of Commons--Pitt's first speech--Selwyn unwell--Play at Brooks's--London gaieties-...