LORD LILFORD 



A MEMOIR 

 CHAPTEE I 



History of Family Third Baron Lilford His Diary His 

 Meeting with Goethe in 1826 Appointed Lord-in-Waiting 

 to William the Fourth Two Letters from Lady Holland's 

 American Aunt in 1769 and 1831 Miss Fox's Diary at Holland 

 House, and Conversations with her Father, 1823 to 1829 Her 

 Marriage to Lord Lilford, 1830 A Dinner at Lord Holland's 

 Town House in Old Burlington Street in 1835. 



THE family of Powys is of Welsh descent, but 

 the origin of the surname is unknown. 



' I am not able to throw any light on the 

 name of Powys,' writes Professor Ehys, 'but the 

 territory of Powys is usually divided into two 

 parts, known as Powys Fadog and Powys 

 Wynwyn. I am inclined to think that Powys 

 Fadog, for instance, means literally Madog's 

 resting place, or settlement perhaps. But I 

 must confess that I know nothing historically of 



