Byron gibes at Yarmouth's red whiskers, which helped to gain him the
name of "Red Herrings" in the 'Waltz', line 142, 'note' 1. Yarmouth,
like Byron, patronized the fancy, and, like him also, was a frequenter
of Manton's shooting-gallery in Davies Street; but there is no record of
their being acquainted, though the house, which Byron occupied (13,
Piccadilly Terrace) during his brief married life, was in the occupation
of Lord Yarmouth before Byron took it from the Duchess of Devonshire.]
[Footnote 2: Albert de Stael
"led an irregular life, and met a deplorable death at Doberan, a small
city of the duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, on the coast of the Baltic
Sea, a favourite resort in summer for bathing, gambling, etc. Some
officers of the etat-major of Bernadotte had gone to try their luck in
this place of play and pleasure. They quarrelled over some louis, and
a duel immediately ensued. I well remember that the Grand-Duke Paul of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin told me he was there at the time, and, while
walking with his tutors in the park, suddenly heard the clinking of
swords in a neighbouring thicket. They ran to the place, and reached
it just in time to see the head of Albert fall, cleft by one of those
long and formidable sabres which were carried by the Prussian cavalry."
The above passage is quoted from the unpublished 'Souvenirs' of M.
Pictet de Sergy, given by A. Stevens in his 'Life of Madame de Stael',
vol. ii.
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