The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II   By: Charles Greville (1794-1865)

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The Greville Memoirs

A JOURNAL OF THE REIGNS of KING GEORGE IV. and KING WILLIAM IV.

By the Late CHARLES C. F. GREVILLE, Esq. Clerk of the Council to Those Sovereigns

Edited by HENRY REEVE Registrar of the Privy Council

IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. II.

Second Edition

LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1874

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME

CHAPTER XI.

Accession of William IV. The King's Proceedings His Popularity Funeral of George IV. Dislike of the Duke of Cumberland The King's Simplicity and Good nature Reviews the Guards The First Court The King in St. James's Street Dissolution of Parliament The King dines at Apsley House The Duke of Gloucester The Quaker's Address The Ordinances of July The French Revolution Brougham's Election for Yorkshire Struggle in Paris Elections adverse to Government The Duke of Wellington on the French Revolution Duke of Cumberland resigns the Gold Stick and the Blues George IV.'s Wardrobe Fall of the Bourbons Weakness of the Duke's Ministry The King at Windsor The Duke of Orleans accepts the Crown of France Chamber of Peers remodelled Prince Polignac The New Parliament Virginia Water Details of George IV.'s Illness and Death Symptoms of Opposition Brougham Charles X. in England Dinner in St. George's Hall Lambeth Marshal Marmont His Conversation Campaign of 1814 The Conflict in Paris Dinner at Lord Dudley's. Page 1

CHAPTER XII.