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John Wilson Croker : The Battles of Talavera
The Duke of Wellington to John Wilson Croker, 15 November 1809: 'I am much obliged to you for your letter of the 20th October, and your poem, which I have read with great satisfaction. I did not think a battle could be turned into anything so entertaining.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington Print: Book
Gleig : 'The Subaltern'
From John Wilson Croker's notes on conversations with the Duke of Wellington at Beaudesert: '"The Subaltern" [Mr Gleig's book, which I [Croker] had brought with me and lent the Duke, who had not before seen it] is all true enough. Two points which fell under my own personal view are quite so. I mean the scene in which he describes my meeting his regiment, and my rallying the army after Sir John Hope was wounded. But the Subaltern talks too much of his own personal comforts, and too little of his men; if you believe him implicitly, you would imagine that he thought of nothing but his own dinner; but this is the usual fault of journalizers, who are naturally struck with what concerns one's self; and in fact, a subaltern in an army can in general have little else to tell. I hope, and indeed know, that the regimental officers were in general much more attentive to the comforts of their men than the Subaltern tells us; but he is a clever, observing man, and I shall enquire about him.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington
: Report on John Wilson Croker's speech on the first Reform Bill, 4 March 1831
The Duke of Wellington to John Wilson Croker, 16 March 1831: 'I had read the Report of your speech in the newspapers; and I read it again last night with great satisfaction. 'It is a most able view of the plan of Reform; and dissects admirably some parts of the measure.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington Print: Newspaper
John Wilson Croker : Speech on the first Reform Bill, 4 March 1831
The Duke of Wellington to John Wilson Croker, 16 March 1831: 'I had read the Report of your speech in the newspapers; and I read it again last night with great satisfaction. 'It is a most able view of the plan of Reform; and dissects admirably some parts of the measure.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington Print: Unknown
Fouche : Memoires
From John Wilson Croker's Diary, 3 October 1834: 'I happened to mention the profuse fabrication of French Memoires, and instanced those of Fouche; the Duke said: "I dare say they were not written by Fouche, and that they are what therefore may be called fabrications, but they are certainly done by some one who had Fouche's confidence or his papers, for there are several passages in them of a secret nature, in which I myself happened to be concerned and which I know to be true. I won't at all answer for the whole book; but as far as my own knowledge goes, I find them tolerably correct, and am therefore disposed to give some degree of credit to the rest [...] my evidence can only apply to the short period of the Restoration [of French monarchy] in which I came into contact with him."'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington Print: Book
John Wilson Croker : article on British foreign policy
The Duke of Wellington to John Wilson Croker, 31 December 1840: 'I will not deny myself the satisfaction of telling you with what delight I have perused your article in the Quarterly Review on the Foreign Policy [...] I believe that there are few persons who know so much of what is called the Eastern Affair as I do [...] and I must say that I have not seen any statement of the case of the country, including that of Ministers, half so clear or strong as you have made out.'
