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Showing posts with label Henry Greville. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Henry Greville. Show all posts
Sunday, October 27, 2024

Diary of Henry Greville: Tuesday, May 7, 1861

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A dower of 30,000l. and an annuity of 6,000l. were voted nem. con. last night for Princess Alice. An interesting letter from Fanny Kemble ...

Diary of Henry Greville: June 28, 1861

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London, Friday.—Bethell took the oaths yesterday and assumes the title of Westbury. The Sultan is dead, and is succeeded by his brother, w...
Monday, September 2, 2024

Diary of Henry Greville: Monday, November 19, 1860

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Hatchford. Came here on Saturday. Lincoln has been elected President of the United States. SOURCE: Alice Countess of Stratford, Leaves f...

Diary of Henry Greville: Thursday, January 3, 1861

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The King of Prussia 1 died yesterday at Sans-Souci. The American Secession question now occupies public attention more than any other sub...

Diary of Henry Greville: Tuesday, February 5, 1861

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Yesterday the Emperor Napoleon opened his Parliament with one of those fine harangues we are now become accustomed to, and which may mean an...

Diary of Henry Greville: Wednesday, February 20, 1861

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London.—I came here yesterday for the levee to-day. I found a letter from Naples from Lady Holland written before the fall of Gaeta, giving ...

Diary of Henry Greville: Saturday, March 30, 1861

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In a letter I received a few days ago from Fanny Kemble from New York, she says: I suppose if I had been in Boston, I should have heard some...

Diary of Henry Greville: Saturday, April 20, 1861

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There was an interesting debate last night in the House of Lords, brought on by Lord Ellenborough, on the Roman question, in which Clarendon...

Diary of Henry Greville: Monday, April 29, 1861

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The American news continues to be very bad, and all hope of a pacific solution is at an end. SOURCE: Alice Countess of Stratford, Leaves f...