Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794–1865) was one of the most important English political and social diarists. Clerk to the Privy Council for over forty years, he mixed with all the great political names of the day, including Wellington, Melbourne, Palmerston and Peel. Greville was fascinated by people, and a great collector of information, believing that 'there is always something to be learned from everybody if you touch them on the points they know'. He revelled in the exalted company he kept, and always intended his diaries to be published after his death. They appeared in eight volumes between 1874 and 1887, and form an important historical source for the first half of the nineteenth century. Although he is not a gossip, the diaries caused outrage in some of those who featured in it, such as Disraeli and Queen Victoria, who saw publication as a great betrayal of trust.

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Product details
- Date Published: July 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108030199
- length: 3446 pages
- dimensions: 324 x 250 x 155 mm
- weight: 5kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
Introduction
1. Queen Charlotte
2. Popularity of George IV
3. The panic of 1825
4. The Duke of Wellington's administration
5. The Catholic Relief Bill
6. The Recorder's Report
7. Chapter of the Bath
8. Calais
9. Lake of Albano
10. Mola di Gaeta
Note on Mr. Greville's connexion with the Turf. Volume 2:
11. Accession of William IV
12. The Belgian revolution
13. A proclamation against rioters
14. Introduction of the Reform Bill
15. Preparations for the Coronation
16. Whig and Tory meetings on Reform
17. Measures for carrying the second reading of the Reform Bill in the House of Lords
18. Debate in the House of Lords
19. Foreign difficulties
20. Appointment of Sir Stratford Canning to the Embassy to Russia. Volume 3:
21. Dinner at Greenwich
22. The Speaker a Knight of the Bath
23. Spain
24. Taylor's 'Philip von Artevelde'
25. Fall of Lord Melbourne's government
26. Sir R. Peel arrives
27. The Speakership
28. Lord Grey and Sir James Graham express Conservative views
29. Resistance of the Lords
30. Emperor Nicholas's speech at Warsaw
31. Moore and O'Connell
32. Crisis in the City. Volume 4: Introduction
1. The new reign
2. Debates on the Canada Bill
3. A ball at the Palace
4. The Queen and Lord Melbourne
5. Opening of the Session
6. The Whigs retain the Government
7. Review of the Session
8. The ex-King of Westphalia
9. The Cabinet meets
10. Successes in India, China, and Syria
Appendix. Volume 5:
11. Dissolution of Parliament discussed by Ministers
12. Debate on the Address in the Lords
13. Anecdotes about the Exchequer Bill Forgery
14. Visit to Broadlands
15. The Duke of Wellington on the Afghan War
16. Results of this Tour
17. Opening of Parliament
18. The policy of England to Ireland
19. Death of Earl Spencer
20. Sir Robert Peel returns to office
21. Signs of the weakness of government
22. Fall of Sir Robert Peel. Volume 6:
23. Death of Mr. Thomas Greville
24. Return from Paris
25. Panic in the money market
26. The Revolution in France
27. Anarchy in France
28. Louis Blanc on France
29. Difficult position of the government
30. The case of Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter
31. Accident to Sir Robert Peel
32. Difficulties ahead
33. Disraeli's Life of Lord George Bentinck
34. The trial of strength
Appendices. Volume 7:
1. Division of the Liberal Party
2. A Royal Commission on Reform
3. Weakness of the Government
4. The Conference at Olmütz
5. Lord Palmerston's return
6. Dinner to Sir Charles Napier
7. Difficulties of the campaign
8. Lord John's views on the Ministry
9. The Vienna Conference
10. The Queen's visit to France. Volume 8:
11. France and Prussia
12. Lord Clarendon's favourable view of the peace
13. State of England after the war
14. Results of the elections
15. Opening of the Session
16. The second Derby administration
17. Lord John Russell and Lord Stanley
18. The Government determine to dissolve the Parliament
19. Prospects of the Government and of the Opposition
Index.
Author
Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville
Editor
Henry Reeve