tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576793257211626923.post6972003636075342296..comments2023-11-05T07:41:40.943+00:00Comments on Reflections on A Journey to St Helena: Thomas Moore: "To Sir Hudson Lowe"John Tyrrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14840928923304125310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576793257211626923.post-39357328859654542662012-03-12T07:16:03.999+00:002012-03-12T07:16:03.999+00:00What a good question. John Russell was at that ti...What a good question. John Russell was at that time a young member of Parliament shortly to emerge as a leader of the more reform minded Whigs. A Number of other Whigs, particularly those in the Holland circle, visited Napoleon on Elba.<br /><br />I can't really supply an answer to the why. I can only hazard a guess: a combination of admiration and curiosity about the greatest man of his age whose career they did not see as finished, and some sympathy for an enemy of the Bourbons and of the absolute monarchs of the continent with whom they did not wish the United Kingdom to be in alliance.<br /><br />I hope some of these links might help, although the last one raises more issues perhaps than it solves. The Administration in England was reportedly considering moving Napoleon to a place further away from France than Elba before he escaped. Lady Holland sent Napoleon some newspapers in which St Helena was mentioned.<br /><br />http://johntyrrell.blogspot.com/2009/05/napoleon-and-british.html<br /><br />http://johntyrrell.blogspot.com/2008/03/lady-holland-dahlias-everlastings.html<br /><br />http://www.napoleon.org/en/reading_room/articles/files/symathetic_ear_elba_british.asp<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />JohnJohn Tyrrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14840928923304125310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576793257211626923.post-51759730440297487302012-03-11T22:34:03.398+00:002012-03-11T22:34:03.398+00:00Why did the future Whig Prime Minister visit Napol...Why did the future Whig Prime Minister visit Napoleon on Elba? Who else (I don't mean relatives, guards or island officials) visited him?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com