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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2009
Dined with the Jeunes and met Buckle1109 with whom I had a long talk as to my intended explanation in the House on Parnell's allegations and also as to my public statement in the form of a letter.1110
1109 George Earl Buckle (1854–1935), assistant editor of The Times (1880–1884), editor (1884–1912).
1110 During Carnarvon's absence in Australia, the Parnellites insisted that Carnarvon had, at his interview with Parnell, offered a statutory parliament. Balfour, now Chief Secretary for Ireland, had publicly denied this. Parnell, in a recent speech at the Eighty Club, had once more repeated this statement.
1111 ‘Lord Carnarvon on Irish policy’, The Times, 11 May 1888, p. 12. He wrote to Salisbury, ‘I have been obliged to reply to Parnell's speech. You will see my letter in The Times, and I hope that you will like it. I have endeavoured to make it so complete that it may finally dispose of the controversy, which has lasted so long’ (Carnarvon to Salisbury, 12 May 1888: Hatfield House Papers, 3M/E).
1112 The National Defence: Hansard, CCCXXVI, 11 May 1888, Salisbury, cols 4–7. Wolseley had that day published an article in the Daily Telegraph entitled ‘England in danger: our army without arms: worst guns in the world’.
1113 Ibid., cols 1–3.
1114 James Russell Lowell (1819–1891), American poet and diplomat, Minister to Great Britain (1880–1885).
1115 On 18 April 1887, The Times had printed a letter purporting to have been written by Parnell, apologizing to a friend for denouncing the Phoenix Park murders in the Commons. Parnell demanded the paper withdrew the letter, which he claimed was a forgery. Buckle, the editor, refused to do so. Parnell's request for a Select Committee was not granted but he was offered in its place a bill appointing a Special Commission to inquire into the allegations. W.H. Smith introduced the Member of Parliament (Charges and Allegations Bill) in the Commons on 16 July 1888: Hansard, CCCXXX.
1116 Hardinge Stanley Giffard (1823–1921), Baron Halsbury (1885), 1st Earl of Halsbury (1898), Lord Chancellor (1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1905).
1117 Ibid., Salisbury, cols 255–262, Herschell, cols 262–282, Carnarvon, cols 282–286, Halsbury, cols 286–291, Kimberley cols 291–296. Kimberley wrote in his journal for that day, ‘A good deal of damage was done to them [Parnell and supporters] in the discussions on the bill, but on the whole, the advantage remains, I think, on their side. The further progress in the game will be interesting to watch, but in no case can any good result to the country’ (Hawkins and Powell, Journal of John Wodehouse, First Earl of Kimberley, p. 383).
1118 Lieut.-Gen. Francis William Hastings (1825–1914) had served in the Crimea.
1119 Stanhope had been appointed to the War Office in 1887.
1120 Sir Henry James (1828–1911), Lib. MP for Taunton (1869–1885) and for Bury (1885–1895), Solicitor-General (1873), Attorney-General (1873–1874, 1880–1885), Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster (1895–1902), created Baron James of Hereford (1895).
1121 Field Marshal Prince Charles-Joseph de Ligne (1735–1812), soldier-poet, who settled in Vienna in 1794. See Mansel, P., Prince of Europe: the life of Charles-Joseph de Ligne (London, 2003), pp. 130–131Google Scholar.
