LORD LILFORD 



A MEMOIE 

 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 Rhys, ' 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 



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