¹¹⁵⁸ The Herberts of Highclere, printed for private circulation, was published by John Murray in 1908.

¹¹⁵⁹ Mervyn Robert Howard Molyneux Herbert (1882–1929), Carnarvon's second son by his second marriage, later an attaché in the diplomatic service.

¹¹⁶⁰ Dr Joseph Mortimer Granville of 16 Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, London.

¹¹⁶¹ The Carnarvons finally left England on 5 March, staying in Paris en route (Diary, 5 March 1890).

¹¹⁶² This person has not been identified.

¹¹⁶³ The Report of the Parnell Commission was made public on 11 February; it exonerated the Irish members from some of the charges made against them in The Times. W.H. Smith, as Leader of the House, moved a resolution on 3 March that the Commons should adopt the Report and thank the Commissioners for their impartiality. In the subsequent debate on 10 March, Randolph Churchill bitterly attacked his former colleagues, losing the support of many of the Party. The Government had a majority of sixty-two in the division that followed. See Sir H. Maxwell, Life and Times of the Right Honourable W.H. Smith, MP, 2 vols (Edinburgh, 1893), II, pp. 264–272; Hansard, CCCXLI, 3 March 1890, Smith, cols 1656–1670; Hansard, CCCXLII, 10 March 1890, Churchill, cols 11–25.

¹¹⁶⁴ Carnarvon complained of a paragraph in the Standard concerning a forthcoming debate in the Lords on Salisbury's motion on the Special Commission. Carnarvon wrote, ‘Whenever you have spoken on the subject [of my relations in ’85 with Parnell and the Irish Party] the impression has been left – very unintentionally, I doubt not – that more remained to be said, that we were not in agreement and that differences between us were extremely serious.’ He also reminded Salisbury that ‘it was your own opinion and wish, in which I agreed, that the affair should remain private’ (Carnarvon to Salisbury, 20 March 1890: Hatfield House Papers, 3M/E).

¹¹⁶⁵ Sir Robert Herbert to Carnarvon, 24 March 1890: CP, BL 60795, fos 188–189.

¹¹⁶⁶ Salisbury answered Carnarvon's letter of 20 March, assuring the latter that ‘I wished to dissipate from your mind the idea that I have been on any occasion backward to support your statements against the Parnellites incomparable falsehoods [. . .]. I have always deeply regretted that there should have been any divergence between us on political questions; but I should regret it much more deeply if I thought the result of it had been outside of politics, you thought more unkindly of me than you used to do’ (Salisbury to Carnarvon, 27 March 1890: CP, BL 60760, fos 140–146).

¹¹⁶⁷ Carnarvon replied, ‘Your letter was very welcome to me because it expresses plainly both in tone and substance the continuation of the old feeling between us on your part, and for this reason I am glad that I wrote though under the false impression of an unfounded newspaper statement.’ Nevertheless, he pointed out to Salisbury the differences that still existed between them (Carnarvon to Salisbury, 2 April 1890: Hatfield House Papers, 3M/E).

¹¹⁶⁸ Prometheus was published posthumously in 1892 by John Murray.

¹¹⁶⁹ The Carnarvons arrived back in London on 28 April.

¹¹⁷⁰ The following day, in conversation with his doctor, Carnarvon was told that he was still not well, ‘apparently, an effect of the influenza’ (Diary, 29 April 1890).

¹¹⁷¹ ‘Royal Academy Banquet’, The Times, 5 May 1890, p. 10.

¹¹⁷² John Morley (1838–1923), Lib. MP for Newcastle upon Tyne (1883–1895) and for Montrose Burghs (1896–1908), Chief Secretary for Ireland (1886, 1892–1895), Secretary of State for India (1905–1910), created Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1908).

¹¹⁷³ On 9 May, Carnarvon was seen by Dr Granville. ‘He says I shall be well again in a short time, and substantially there is really nothing the matter, but I have felt low and poorly all day’ (Diary, 9 May 1890).

¹¹⁷⁴ Gladstone called on Carnarvon at 43 Portman Square on more than one occasion during Carnarvon's last illness. His final visit was only ten days before Carnarvon's death. See Carnarvon to Gladstone, 19 June 1890: Gladstone Papers, BL 44510, fo. 106.

¹¹⁷⁵ John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (1834–1902), 1st Baron Acton (1869), historian, Regius Professor of Modern History, Cambridge University (1895–1902). At the end of 1889 and the beginning of 1890, Acton was almost bankrupt. He proposed to pay off a bank loan by selling his Library at Aldenham, consisting of 70,000 volumes. To avoid this happening, Gladstone persuaded Andrew Carnegie, the philanthropist, to buy the Library for £9,000, with Acton having full use of it during his lifetime. When Acton died in 1902, Carnegie gave it to John Morley, who, in turn, presented it to Cambridge University. See R. Hill, Lord Acton (New Haven, CT and London, 2000), pp. 289–292; J. Morley, Recollections, I, pp. 231–232.

¹¹⁷⁶ Sir George Frederic Verdon (1834–1896), politician and banker, Agent-General for Victoria (1868–1872). Verdon had had ‘an important talk’ with Carnarvon the week before on the latter's Sydney property (Diary, 8 May 1890).

¹¹⁷⁷ Carnarvon died on the evening of 29 June.