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- 30 Oct. [1874] (Creation)
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62 Portland Gate. - Believes there is no doubt that Edward Twisleton committed suicide; 'the Report of the Doctor to Lord Saye & Sele was evidently concocted in order to conceal the truth from Lady S. & S.' Twistleton lived for three days, 'for he had not divided the carotid artery', which allowed the doctor to say he died of 'cerebral effusion': Reeves does not doubt there was 'pressure on the brain'.
Does not 'at all' agree with Houghton about the Conynghams: 'If people choose to accept the position & emoluments of a King's Mistress, they must take the consequence, & Lady Conyngham is not more sacred to me than Madame de Montespan or Madame du Barri'.
Literary Society dinners begin on Monday, but is afraid Houghton will not be there; asks if he would rather be proposed as member of 'The Club' 'with the possibility of not being elected or not being proposed at all'. 'The Club' has lost Van de Weyer and Twisleton this year, and Reeve would gladly propose Houghton when it meets in February.
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- Reeve, Henry (1813–1895) translator and magazine editor (Subject)
- Twisleton, Edward Turner Boyd (1809–1874) civil servant (Subject)
- Fiennes, Frederick Benjamin Twisleton-Wykeham- (1799-1887), 16th Baron Saye and Sele (Subject)
- Conyngham, Elizabeth (1770-1861), née Denison, wife of Henry, 1st Marquess Conyngham, and royal mistress (Subject)
- The Literary Society (dining club) (Subject)
- The Club (dining club) (Subject)