Her ladyship died in 1828.
{32a} 8vo, 2nd ed. 1812.
{32b} Ibid.
{33} It was the wing attached to the house between it and "the
Pavilion." From the back a flight of steps descended into a small
garden.
{35} Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and
Biographical. 1827. 2 vols. 8vo.
{38a} Correspondence, vol. i. p. 293.
{38b} Vol. lxxv. Part I. p. 590.
{38c} Ed. 1820, p. 616.
{45a} 2 vols. 4to, 1795.
{45b} 1 vol. 4to, and 2 vols. 8vo, 1796,
{48} 'Literary Gazette,' November 25, 1843.
{53} It is no slight testimony to the genius of Mr. Farren, that since
his retirement no actor in London has attempted to represent "Grandfather
Whitehead."
{58} Rebuilt, and the sign here engraved removed.
{62} Brompton Park was the retreat of one or two favourite actors. Mr.
Webster, the talented and versatile performer, lessee of the Ade1phi
Theatre, resided there for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews
(Madame Vestris) lived at Gore Lodge--now pulled down--a name they
afterwards gave to their residence at Fulham.
{65} Weber died on the 7th of June following, at No. 91, Great Portland
Street, in his fortieth year.
{72} 4 vols. 8vo; I. and II. 1838; III. and IV. 1839.
{73} The 'Naval Sketch-book,' 1828; 'Sailors and Saints,' 1829; 'Tales
of a Tar,' 1830; 'Land Sharks and Sea Gulls,' 1838.
{78} Died 30th August, 1851.
{80} Died 7th May, 1852, aged 74.
{84} II vols. folio, 1781.
{85} Vol. lxxx. Part II.
{87a} Brompton Hall, said to have been the residence of Lord Burleigh,
stands on the Old Brompton Road, which, as pointed out in the previous
chapter, branches from the main Fulham Road at the Bell and Horns.
{87b} The Duke of Buckingham.
{88} Correspondence, vol. i. p. 219.
{92} Sir Henry Wilson, who was in Parliament when this estate came into
his wife's possession, ordered iron gates for it; in one of which were
wrought his initials, H. W., and to correspond, M.P, was placed in the
other. Before the gates were put up he had to contest his seat, and lost
it.
{97} Riego was executed, on the 7th of October, 1823, at Madrid, with
every mark of ignominy.
{110} Funeral Sermon preached at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 7th January
1691.
{111} See Birch's 'Life of Boyle,' p. 114.
{112} MS. Diary.
{120} The obituary of the 'Gentleman's Magazine' for June 1791,
records:--"At Lisle, in Flanders, Lewis Lochee, Esq., late
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