¹ Derby was at Knowsley 4 Dec. 1873–25 Jan. 1874.

² See above, 23–26 Apr. 1873.

³ See above, 2 Mar. 1873, for West's finances.

⁴ Lords Buckhurst, and Delawarr fils.

⁵ Lord A. Cecil's mésalliance; see above, 17–26 July 1873.

⁶ Near Tonbridge, Kent, bought 24 Apr. 1873.

⁷ Lord Derby had spoken actively outside parliament in 1873, nearly always in Lancashire. He spoke on thrift (T, 10 Mar. 1873, 8a), on pauperism (T, 12 Jun., 53), on railway nationalisation (T, 14 Jun., 5d). He spoke at Lancaster (T, 9 Oct., 7e), at Liverpool (T, 17 Oct., 10a), and at Manchester (T, 18 Jan., 5f); and to the Lanes. Rifle Volunteers (T, 30 Jan., 10c), and the Manchester International Fruit Show (T, 4 Sept., 6e).

⁸ Lord Arthur Cecil.

⁹ A.D.C to Sir G. Wolseley in Ashanti War. Lord Elcho (1818–1914), the Adullamite, thus styled 1853–83 until he succ. his father as E. of Wemyss, lost his eldest s. ‘in a revolver accident’, 1870 (G.E.C).

¹⁰ Rudolph Feilding, 8th E. of Denbigh (1823–92), succ. 1865; R.C. convert, 1850.

¹¹ Probably Nicholas Blundell of The Hall, Crosby; succ. his father, 1845.

¹² Sir Humphrey De Trafford, 2nd Bt (1808–86); succ. father 1852.

¹³ Native kingdom in N. of Sumatra, a subject of electoral controversy following an allusion in Disraeli's manifesto to the (geographically distinct) Straits of Malacca being put at risk by Liberal indifference over Acheen.

¹⁴ Manchester banker.

¹⁵ N. Liverpool.

¹⁶ Interesting, as showing Disraeli's ignorance.

¹⁷ Cross and Turner returned unopposed.

¹⁸ Albert Grant (1830–99), company promotor, gave the square to the metropolitan board of works, 1874; M.P. (Cons.) Kidderminster 1865–8.

¹⁹ Henry Edmund Stanley (1840–67), army capt. killed in fall from his horse in India; 3rd s. of Henry [Thomas] Stanley (1803–75), the diarist's reprobate uncle; according to Burke's Peerage, d. unm., but the diarist refers to some offspring, whom he assisted.

²⁰ T, 30 Jan. 1874, 9f, arguing that Derby's draft treaty of 1868 with Holland merely recognized existing Dutch interests in Sumatra, purposely excluding all mention of Acheen, whose status in U.K. eyes was unaffected until the Liberal treaty of 1871.

²¹ T, 2 Feb. 1874, 5d, for Disraeli's speech of 31 Jan. in Aylesbury Corn Exchange.

²² Visiting Knowsley in 1913, Lord Newton saw ‘an iron box with a slit in it, through which he [Derby] constantly inserted a sovereign. When he died, the box was found to contain no less than £11,000’. Lord Newton, Retrospection (1941), 199.Google Scholar

²³ Carnarvon saw Salisbury the following morning, without success. Salisbury had returned to England on the 7th after wintering abroad. See Cecil, 43–4.Google Scholar

²⁴ Sir H. Brand, 1st Vt Hampden (1814–92), speaker 1872–84, cr. vt 1884.

²⁵ Salisbury commented to his wife, ‘He [Derby] hinted much but said nothing directly. I gathered that they had not quite given up the idea of his having the first place. As far as I could, I encouraged it, for it would undoubtedly solve many difficulties.’ Cecil, 44.Google Scholar

²⁶ Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th D. of Somerset (1804–85), Whig; minor office 1835–41, 1850–1; in cabinet 1851–2; 1st lord of admiralty 1859–66; styled Lord Seymour until 1855, when succ.; offered, by Disraeli, 1st refusal of col. office, vice Carnarvon (see below, 30 Jan. 1878); see below, 19 Mar. 1874.

²⁷ Cf. 13 Feb. 1873.

²⁸ Cf. GH, 7 Dec. 1874: ‘Reeve told me that Lord Russell expressed his “great relief” at the general election!’ See also Cecil, 47Google Scholar for Lady Derby saying (14 Feb.) to Salisbury ‘they had a scheme for offering (as a compliment) a place in the Cabinet to Lord Russell – and trying through him to get the Duke of Somerset to join.’

²⁹ Henry Somerset, 8th D. of Beaufort (1824–99), succ. 1853; P.C. 1858, master of the horse 1858–9, but replaced in 1874–80 by Lord Bradford, K.G., and lord-lieut., Monmouth.

³⁰ Charles Gordon-Lennox, 12th D. of Richmond (1845–1928), styled E. of March 1860–1903; M.P. (Cons.) 1869–88; freemason; Eccles. Commr 1885–1903, but never held political office.

³¹ Sir T.E. Perry (1806–82), Indian judge; member of council of India, 1859–82.

³² G.A. Sala (1828–96), leading Daily Telegraph journalist.

³³ Cf. Cecil, 46–7Google Scholar, for Salisbury's version, and his dissatisfaction with Derby's reply on ritualism.

³⁴ Mother's home.

³⁵ Princess Marie Alexandrovna (d. 1920), only dau. of Alexander II, m. Alfred, D. of Edinburgh, in St Petersburg, 23 Jan. 1874.

³⁶ Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara (1827–1902), s. of 5th E. of Mayo and bro. of Lord Mayo, Indian viceroy (d. 1872); Cons. M.P. 1868–86; undersec. for foreign affairs 1874–80, 1885–6; gov. of Madras 1886; cr. peer 1887; m. dau. of Lord Dalhousie, Indian viceroy; see Later Diaries, 137.Google Scholar

³⁷ Result of Harrow education.

³⁸ Recent house guest at Knowsley; lacked public school educ., but went to T.C.D.

³⁹ Cf. M. and B., v 290–1. Northumberland, the third to be offered the post (for which Lord H. Lennox and Lord Beauchamp were also considered) declined, Lord Abercorn, the first choice, finally accepting (1874–6). Northumberland held no post until 1878, when he entered the cabinet.

⁴⁰ Palmerstonian minister, 1861–5.

⁴¹ Gov. of Madras, 1875–80.

⁴² Cf. Carnarvon to Robinson, 23 Feb. 1874 (tel.), in Eldridge, C. C., England's Mission: The Imperial Idea in the Age of Gladstone and Disraeli, 1868–1880 (1973), 154.Google Scholar

⁴³ Sir Edward Malet (1837–1908), amb. in Berlin 1884–95.

⁴⁴ T.V. Lister, Clarendon's priv. sec.

⁴⁵ Sir Bartle Frere, 1st bt (1815–84), gov. of Bombay 1862–7; sent to Zanzibar to suppress slave trade, 1872.

⁴⁶ For Derby's qualms, cf. above, 6 Feb. 1873.

⁴⁷ Ernst Philipp Ivanovitch, Count de Brunnow (1797–1815), Russian minister in London 1840–54, 1861–74; cr. count 1871.

⁴⁸ Lytton's e.s. d. 1871, aged 6; his 2nd s. d. 1 Mar. 1874, aged nearly 2. The 3rd s. inherited and was acting viceroy of India, 1925.

⁴⁹ Cf. Cecil, 70Google Scholar: ‘Russia must advance to Merv ultimately, and we have no power or interest to prevent it.’ (Salisbury to Northbrook, summer 1874).

⁵⁰ Sir Hussey Vivian (1834–93), clerk in f.o. 1851–72; agent at Bucharest 1874–6.

⁵¹ Windsor.

⁵² Nikolai Pavlovich, Count Ignatiev (1832–1908), seen in U.K. as embodying Russian expansionism; at Paris peace conference, 1856; amb. at Constantinople, 1864–78.

⁵³ Sir Francis Goldsmid, 2nd bt (1808–78), 1st Jewish barrister and Q.C., M.P. (Lib.) Reading 1860–78; pres, of senate, Univ. Coll. London; philanthropist.

⁵⁴ Sir Garnet Wolseley (1833–1913), conqueror of Ashanti.

⁵⁵ Musurus Pasha (1807–91), Ottoman minister 1851–6, amb. 1856–85.

⁵⁶ For his uncontested return in N. Lanes.

⁵⁷ Abp Tait's bill against ritualism.

⁵⁸ (Sir) Thomas George Knox (1824–87), consular official in Siam since 1857; consulgeneral, 1868; promoted to agent and consul-general (1875–9), kt 1880.

⁵⁹ David Livingstone (1813–73), African missionary; buried Westminster Abbey, 1874.

⁶⁰ Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin (1839–1900), succ. 1872; Irish repr. peer 1873–1900.

⁶¹ Sir Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead (1824–97), col. governor 1859–80; negotiated cession of Fiji, 1874; high commr for S. Africa 1880–9, 1895–7; cr. Peer 1896.

⁶² recte New South Wales (1872–1879).Google Scholar

⁶³ H, ccxxi, 179–87. Carnarvon said U.K. would only accept ‘unconditional cession’ with crown colony status, Sir H. Robinson to be sent to convey this. Fiji was annexed 10 Oct. 1874.

⁶⁴ Probably Sidney Locock (1834–85), sec. of legation at Constantinople.

⁶⁵ Sir Henry George Elliot (1817–1907), amb. at Constantinople 1867–77, at Vienna 31 Dec. 1877–84; granted leave of absence on health grounds from Constantinople, Feb. 1877, when replaced de facto by Layard.

⁶⁶ (Sir) T.H. Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer (1819–99), perm. sec. at board of trade, Adderley's dept., 1865–86; cr. peer, 1893.

⁶⁷ Gerald Wellesley (1809–82), dean of Windsor 1854–82.

⁶⁸ Prince Arthur (1850–1942), 3rd s. of Queen; cr. D. of Connaught, May 1874; freemason, field marshal.

⁶⁹ Formerly Princess Louise, 4th dau. of Queen.

⁷⁰ Hamlet, s.e. of Burnley, Lancs.

⁷¹ Charles Towneley (1803–76), succ. 1846; educ. Oscott; F.S.A., F.R.S., B.M. trustee.

⁷² Wife of Sir T.M. Biddulph (1809–78), courtier.

⁷³ John Brown (1826–83), Queen's personal attendant.

⁷⁴ See M. and B., v 345 for Derby's letter (15 Sept.) to Disraeli strongly advising against the Irish tour.

⁷⁵ James Whiteside (1806–76), M.P. (Cons.) 1851–66; lord chief justice (Ireland) from 1866.

⁷⁶ Harry, Count Arnim (1824–81), Germ. amb. in Paris, 1872–; arrested 4 Oct. 1874, and tried.

⁷⁷ Louis, duc Decazes (1819–86), French foreign min. Nov. 1873–77.

⁷⁸ Sic.

⁷⁹ James Beal (1829–91), London radical.

⁸⁰ Edward Kenealy (1819–80), barrister, counsel for Tichborne claimant; M.P. (Ind.) Stoke 1875–80.

⁸¹ Arthur Orton (1834–98), Tichborne claimant.

⁸² Sir Alexander Cockburn (1802–80), lord chief justice since 1859.

⁸³ Sir Francis Doyle (1810–88), belletrist.

⁸⁴ Given a life sentence, col. office despatches declaring this illegal being ignored.

⁸⁵ Sir Benjamin Pine (1809–91), gov. of Natal 1873–5.

⁸⁶ E.S. Gordon, Baron Gordon (1814–79), lord advocate 1867–8, 1874–6; lord of appeal 1876–9.

⁸⁷ River rising in N.E. Persia, entering S.E. Caspian.

⁸⁸ Pyotr Andreyevich, Count Shuvalov (1827–89), Russian amb. to London 1874–9; served in Crimea; former head of political police.

⁸⁹ Derby spoke little outside parliament in 1874: at Liverpool (T, 15 Jan. 1874, 5d), at Manchester, on scientific industry (T, 17 Jan. 1874, 5c), at the Society of Arts (T, 18 Feb. 1874, 93), and at University College Hospital (T, 11 Feb. 1874, 12d). He was however elected Lord Rector of Edinburgh University (T, 16 Nov. 1874, 9f; 25 Nov. 1874, 9f; 1 Dec. 1874, 8c) for the coming year, and gave five F.O. receptions (T, 1 Apr. 1874, 9e; 17 Apr. 1874, 9f; 23 Apr. 1874, 9f; 25 Nov. 1874, 9f; 1 Dec. 1874, 8c).