96 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Colonel James Archibald Stuart-Wortley? (afterwards Baron Wharn- 
cliffe of Wortley) to Colonel Talbot. 
Addressed. 
“Thomas Talbot, Esq., Port Talbot, Niagara, New York State, North 
America : 
“Immediately forward to the care of Messrs. Crooks, merchants, 
Niagara: 
“Wortley Hall, Dec. 1, 1806. 
“My Dear Tom,—Amidst all the miserable events that Europe 
furnishes it gives one considerable relief to think that one has a friend . 
in America at so great a distance as to be totally out of the reach of 
their influence and to be able to look upon them, comparatively, at 
least, with indifference. You will see by the papers that after a cam- 
paign of three weeks only the Prussian army has been either entirely 
taken prisoners or destroyed, that the King of Prussia himself is wan- 
dering, God knows where, and that his kingdom is no longer to exist 
as a separate State. It really appears to be a fatality, and a person 

1James Archibald Stuart Wortley Mackenzie, the writer of this letter, 
eldest surviving son of James Archibald Stuart, was born 1776, died 19th 
December, 1845; entered the army 1790 as an ensign in 48th foot; exchanged 
into the 7th Royal Fusiliers in May following, and accompanied his regiment 
in August to Quebec. The 7th was commanded by H.R.H. Edward, Duke of 
Kent. Talbot was already in garrison at Quebec as lieutenant in the 24th 
Foot. Stuart was grandson of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and nephew 
of John, ist marquis of Bute. The names Wortley and Mackenzie were 
added to that of Stuart on succeeding to estates of relatives; that of Wortley 
coming from his great-grandmother, the famous Lady Mary Wortley Mon- 
tagu, whose letters were afterwards edited by the subject of this note. He 
spent three years in Canada. He became Colonel of the 12th Foot, and 
quitted the army at the peace of 1801. Frony 1797 until 1818 he was M.P. 
for Bossiney, a family borough; from 1818 until 1826, M.P. for Yorkshire. 
In the latter year he was created Baron Wharncliffe of Wortley. Wortley 
Hall is in Yorkshire. ,In 1834 he was Lord Privy Seal in Peel’s cabinet. 
From 1835 until 1841 he was in opposition. In the latter year he was chosen 
L rd President of the Council. He married in 1799 Lady Caroline, daughter 
of John, 1st Earl of Erne, by whom he had three sons and one daughter. 
The daughter married Hon. John Chetwynd Talbot (of the Shrewsbury 
Talbots, not the Talbots of Malahide). The present Marquis of Wharncliffe, 
the Right Hon. John Chetwynd Talbot, M.P., for the University of Oxford, 
and the Bishop of Southwark, are grandsons of the first Lord Wharncliffe. 
Col. Talbot gave the names of Wharncliffe and Wortley Roads (now in Lon- 
don, Ontario) in honour of his early friend. Lord Wharncliffe was able to 
render valuable assistance to Colonel Talbot through ‘his influence with the 
hom governments. 
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