The Young Melbourne & Lord M by David Cecil

Author:David Cecil
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2017-07-14T09:28:51+00:00

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6 Edward Ellice was a Government Whip in the Grey Administration.

7 Cynical persons have questioned this—not unnaturally in view of the character of the parties concerned. But for once cynicism appears unjustified. Mrs. Norton in a self-justifying pamphlet on English Laws for Women, published in 1854, quotes a letter from Melbourne, written in April, 1836, when her husband’s action against her was pending, in which he tells her she need have no fear since she is innocent. As the context shows this to be a private informal letter in which Melbourne has no need to disguise the truth, this would seem to settle the question. This conclusion is further confirmed by the fact, alluded to on page 31, that at his death Melbourne left a note asking his brother to continue the allowances he made to Lady Branden and Mrs. Norton, and reasserting his innocence in regard to Mrs. Norton.

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