Note 44 — BOOK THE FIRST 1807-1810
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Lord Grenville says, in a letter to me, October 17, 1809: “I really think, by dint of showing how ill he has been used, Castlereagh will begin to make himself regretted. It will be a singular conclusion of the business, if the compassion of the public should be excited in favour of the one Minister who was perhaps of them all the most unpopular.”
Such was, however, the conclusion, and Lord Grenville turned out a prophet.—V.H.