Alvanley

Alvanley ate three suppers, and won three and twenty hundred pounds in ponies.

Roundabout Papers 2006

When the Prince arrived, and was of course received by the four givers of the _fête_, he shook hands with Alvanley and Pierrepoint, but took no notice whatever of the others.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various

Alvanley, when at college, to his former tutor, Mr. Thyer, editor of

Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850 Various

He was mounted on a runaway horse with the King's hounds, and excused himself for riding against Alvanley by saying, "Oh my lord, I can't hold him, he's so hot!"

The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900

Not only was Alvanley considered the wittiest man of his day in England, but, during his residence in France, and tours through Russia and other countries, he was universally admitted to possess, not only great wit and humour, but _l'esprit français_ in its highest perfection; and no greater compliment could be paid him by foreigners than this.

The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900

After receiving a very excellent and careful education, Alvanley entered the Coldstream Guards at an early age, and served with distinction at

The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900

His creditors having become at last very clamorous, that able and astute man of the world, Mr. Charles Greville, with the energetic and bustling kindness in mixing himself up in all his friends 'affairs which still distinguishes him, had undertaken to settle those of Alvanley.

The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900

Alvanley, riding up to him, and apparently looking at the buttons with great admiration, said,

The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900

Alvanley was a good speaker; and, having made some allusion to O'Connell in rather strong terms in the House of Lords, the latter very coarsely and unjustly denounced him, in a speech he made in the House of Commons, as a bloated buffoon.

The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900

"No, my good man," said Alvanley; "I give it you, not for taking me, but for bringing me back."

The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900