[The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) by Queen Victoria]@TWC D-Link bookThe Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) CHAPTER VI 12/99
for Bury St Edmunds.] [Footnote 24: Sir John Cam Hobhouse, a Radical, and a friend of Byron, at whose wedding he acted as best man; he was imprisoned in 1819 for breach of privilege.
He was elected M.P.for Westminster in 1820 as Burdett's colleague, and afterwards for Nottingham and Harwich.
Commissioner of Woods and Forests (the old Houses of Parliament being burned down during his term of office), and later President of Board of Control.
Created Lord Broughton, 1851.] [Footnote 25: Stephen Lushington, advocate in the old Ecclesiastical Court, M.P.for Ilchester and the Tower Hamlets, and a Judge in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts from 1828 to 1867.] [Footnote 26: Stephen Woulfe, M.P.for Carlisle, Solicitor-General, and subsequently Attorney-General, for Ireland, becoming Chief Baron in 1838.] [Footnote 27: On 10th March a heated debate took place in the French Chamber on the question of the Queen of the Belgians' dowry, a Deputy calling for the production of King Louis Philippe's rent-roll, and a complete statement of his income.] _The King of the Belgians to the Princess Victoria._ LAEKEN, _31st March 1837._ MY BELOVED CHILD,--Your dear letter of the 28th gave me the greatest pleasure.
I was sure from your constant affection for us that you would feel much interested in the event of the 24th.
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