Matthew William Peters, , his life and work . d Grosvenor frankly confessed that he had the curiosity to read Lordship was so struck by the literary merit of this letter that he thought theauthor would be a proper travelling tutor for his son, the present Lord therefore desired Peters to invite Gifford to London, where he soon received aninvitation to reside at his Lordships house in Grosvenor Square. Gifford was shortlyappointed tutor to Lord Belgrave, and afterwards accompanied his noble pupil abroad. Taylor then goes on to say that while Peters and Gifford were frien
Matthew William Peters, , his life and work . d Grosvenor frankly confessed that he had the curiosity to read Lordship was so struck by the literary merit of this letter that he thought theauthor would be a proper travelling tutor for his son, the present Lord therefore desired Peters to invite Gifford to London, where he soon received aninvitation to reside at his Lordships house in Grosvenor Square. Gifford was shortlyappointed tutor to Lord Belgrave, and afterwards accompanied his noble pupil abroad. Taylor then goes on to say that while Peters and Gifford were friends, the formerconsidered the unsealed letter as an accident, but when they quarrelled, Peters repre-sented it as an artifice by which Gifford had tempted the curiosity of Lord Grosvenor,for Gifford had taken, it seems, uncommon pains with the letter, in order, as Petersalleged, to make a forcible impression on his Lordship, and his plan succeeded. * Records of mv I-Je, vol. i., p. 239. BELINDA (Miss Bampfylde).From the Mezzotint by W. HIS LIFE AND WORK 17 GifFord, in fact, ousted Peters from his post and procured it for himself. Pasquindamns both parties with strict impartiality, not to say scurrility; while Dr. JohnWolcot, better known to posterity as Peter Pindar, paints Gifford in the blackercolours. * What followed can best be told in the words of Taylor, who is a mine of infor-mation on this somewhat sordid affair: GifFord had become acquainted with , the painter, and had introduced him at Grosvenor House. This circum-stance, no doubt, must have displeased Peters, who knew that Hoppner was of a verysatirical turn, and spared nobody. What hastened the extinction of the friendshipbetween Peters and Gifford I know not, except that GifFord and Hoppner, as Peterssaid, had undermined him in the estimation of Lord Grosvenor, and forced him torelinquish his connection with his Lordship. At length there was an open rupturebetween the former friends. GifFord wa
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