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[NICHOLAS I]: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland 1825-55. MORPETH VISCOUNT (1802-1864) George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle. British statesman, orator and writer. An interesting and lengthy A.L.S., with his initial M, eight pages, 8vo, Grosvenor Place (London), 10th June 1844, to his mother, Lady Georgiana Cavendish (´My dearest M´). Morpeth writes a social letter including news of the visit of Emperor Nicholas to England, commencing by explaining that the bright weather ´enhanced the perfect success of the day´ and continuing ´Nothing once did go off better in every particular, and it was all brilliant, beautiful & gay. The Emperor, who I suppose should be treated as the hero of the description, is to my mind much damaged in outward appearance by the flight of time which has passed since I had seen him before; even his youthful beauty had a severe cast, but now it has all become so swarthy, corpulent and animal; with fine things still, brow, features, outline, proportions all very majestic & imperial; great self-possession, consumate self-mastery & reliance, the embodied autocrat, the ideal of power, or perhaps force, but as if in an instant he could fix his ever-rolling eye on you, pounce on you & rend you. I thought [Prince] Albert appeared to singular advantage near him, though perhaps that might not be the obvious impression, as he is of course immeasurably inferior....´, recalling for comparison some ´old verses of mine on the conversion of England to Christianity; make allowance for the change of sexes, & Nicholas is Rowena & Albert Bertha´ and also referring to his maternal uncle, William Cavendish, ´Your Brother has all the old feelings of 28 years (sic; 18 years) ago about him, and he is the only person that I like to hear praise him with ardor, and it has been a very old friendship, & the Emperor has certainly shewn him great warmth & affection.....[Nicholas]....was gracious to me; said my hair wasgrown very gray, but modestly added that it was better than losing it all as he had done, & that my face was quite unaltered.....He spoke a good deal to the Duke about our dear Blanche (Morpeth´s sister) which shows how minutely he is informed. He admired especially Ladies Seymour, Jocelyn, Canning & Waterford, which shewed good taste. There were beautiful effects at the breakfast, the grouping under the trees, with 3 giraffes walking about, & the moment of the Imperial & Royal departure particularly......It was not a place for invalids; I never thought Ld. Melbourne looking worse, but I was pleased to see the Emperor very civil to him, which I hear made him cry......The Emperor sent for your brother on Sunday to take leave, & was very tender; he steamed to Woolwich in the evening; I think it such a blessing that he is gone safe off, un-Poled´. Morpeth also writes regarding a host of other individuals, including Lady Holland who he visited on his way home, only to find a ´large circle´, including Palmerston, quarrelling ´about the Polish Lady Patronesses refusing the Emperor´s money for the Polish Ball, as they most properly did´. A letter of good content and providing a first-hand account of the Russian Emperor´s state visit to England. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGGeorgiana Howard (1783-1858) Countess of Carlisle (née Cavendish). British noblewoman. William Cavendish (1790-1858) 6th Duke of Devonshire. English peer. courtier and politician who was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to the Russian Empire on the Coronation of Tsar Nicholas I in 1826. The Duke was accompanied to the Coronation by Viscount Morpeth, who became a great favourite in society at St. Petersburg.
[NICHOLAS I]: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland 1825-55. MORPETH VISCOUNT (1802-1864) George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle. British statesman, orator and writer. An interesting and lengthy A.L.S., with his initial M, eight pages, 8vo, Grosvenor Place (London), 10th June 1844, to his mother, Lady Georgiana Cavendish (´My dearest M´). Morpeth writes a social letter including news of the visit of Emperor Nicholas to England, commencing by explaining that the bright weather ´enhanced the perfect success of the day´ and continuing ´Nothing once did go off better in every particular, and it was all brilliant, beautiful & gay. The Emperor, who I suppose should be treated as the hero of the description, is to my mind much damaged in outward appearance by the flight of time which has passed since I had seen him before; even his youthful beauty had a severe cast, but now it has all become so swarthy, corpulent and animal; with fine things still, brow, features, outline, proportions all very majestic & imperial; great self-possession, consumate self-mastery & reliance, the embodied autocrat, the ideal of power, or perhaps force, but as if in an instant he could fix his ever-rolling eye on you, pounce on you & rend you. I thought [Prince] Albert appeared to singular advantage near him, though perhaps that might not be the obvious impression, as he is of course immeasurably inferior....´, recalling for comparison some ´old verses of mine on the conversion of England to Christianity; make allowance for the change of sexes, & Nicholas is Rowena & Albert Bertha´ and also referring to his maternal uncle, William Cavendish, ´Your Brother has all the old feelings of 28 years (sic; 18 years) ago about him, and he is the only person that I like to hear praise him with ardor, and it has been a very old friendship, & the Emperor has certainly shewn him great warmth & affection.....[Nicholas]....was gracious to me; said my hair wasgrown very gray, but modestly added that it was better than losing it all as he had done, & that my face was quite unaltered.....He spoke a good deal to the Duke about our dear Blanche (Morpeth´s sister) which shows how minutely he is informed. He admired especially Ladies Seymour, Jocelyn, Canning & Waterford, which shewed good taste. There were beautiful effects at the breakfast, the grouping under the trees, with 3 giraffes walking about, & the moment of the Imperial & Royal departure particularly......It was not a place for invalids; I never thought Ld. Melbourne looking worse, but I was pleased to see the Emperor very civil to him, which I hear made him cry......The Emperor sent for your brother on Sunday to take leave, & was very tender; he steamed to Woolwich in the evening; I think it such a blessing that he is gone safe off, un-Poled´. Morpeth also writes regarding a host of other individuals, including Lady Holland who he visited on his way home, only to find a ´large circle´, including Palmerston, quarrelling ´about the Polish Lady Patronesses refusing the Emperor´s money for the Polish Ball, as they most properly did´. A letter of good content and providing a first-hand account of the Russian Emperor´s state visit to England. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGGeorgiana Howard (1783-1858) Countess of Carlisle (née Cavendish). British noblewoman. William Cavendish (1790-1858) 6th Duke of Devonshire. English peer. courtier and politician who was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to the Russian Empire on the Coronation of Tsar Nicholas I in 1826. The Duke was accompanied to the Coronation by Viscount Morpeth, who became a great favourite in society at St. Petersburg.

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