Subsequently he conducted the French retreat before Wellington in Southern France, 1813-14; was banished, but recalled and created a peer.

He was Minister of War 1830-34.] [Pageheading: OLD SERVANTS] _Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _17th April 1838._ MY DEAREST UNCLE,--...

You will by this time have learnt the _sad_ loss we have all sustained in the death of _dearest_, _faithful_, _excellent_ Louie, who breathed her last, without a struggle or a suffering, on Sunday night at nine o'clock.

I don't think I have _ever_ been so much overcome or distressed by anything, almost, as by the death of this my earliest friend; it is the first link that has been broken of my first and infantine affections.

I always loved Louie, and shall cherish her memory as that of the purest and best of mortals as long as I live! I took leave of her before I left London on Wednesday, and _never_, _never_ shall I forget the blessing she gave me, and the grasp she gave my hand! I was quite upset by it! And I feared and felt I should behold her on earth no more; it was, however, a beautiful lesson of calmness and contentment and resignation to the will of her God! Prepared as she was at every moment of her life to meet her heavenly Father, she was full of hope of recovery, and quite unconscious of her approaching end.