Note 196 — BOOK THE THIRD 1812-1815

[William, Prince of Orange (1792-1849), son of William I. of Holland. He was educated in England by Dr. Howley, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, and succeeded to the throne of Holland after his father’s abdication in 1840. Huish, in his Memoirs of George IV. (vol. ii. p. 184), gives the translation of a passage in a German book, published at Leipsic, entitled, The History of the Most Extraordinary Events of the European Courts in the Years 1813-1815. This entirely bears out Lord Holland’s statement; though, conversely, the book may be the source of his information. The Duchess of Oldenburg is mentioned as having been specially sent over to intrigue against the marriage.]