Note 205 — JOURNAL OF ELIZABETH LADY HOLLAND (continued 3)

Perhaps Pierre Marie, Marquis de Grave (1755–1823), successor to Narbonne as War Minister. He only held the post a few months, as he was obliged to leave the country on account of his devotion to Louis. Trotter says Madame Roland describes him in one of her works as ‘a good-natured little man, unfit for an ordinary situation—rolling his blue eyes and falling asleep over his coffee.’