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Biographical Study of A。 W。 Kinglake

by Rev。 W。 Tcikwell



 PREFACE



IT is just eleven years since Kinglake passed away�察�and his life  has not yet been separately memorialized。  A few years more�察�and  the personal side of him would be irrecoverable�察�though by  personality�察�no less than by authorship�察�he made his contemporary  mark。  When a tomb has been closed for centuries�察�the effaced  lineaments of its tenant can be re´coloured only by the idealizing  hand of genius�察�as Scott drew Claverhouse�察�and Carlyle drew  Cromwell。  But�察�to the biographer of the lately dead�察�men have a  right to say�察�as Saul said to the Witch of Endor�察 �Call up Samuel� ─  �In your study of a life so recent as Kinglake's�察�give us�察�if you  choose�察�some critical synopsis of his monumental writings�察�some  salvage from his ephemeral and scattered papers�察�trace so much of  his youthful training as shaped the development of his character�察�

depict�察�with wise restraint�察�his political and public life�此�but  also�察�and above all�察�re´clothe him ;in his habit as he lived�察─�as  friends and associates knew him�察�recover his traits of voice and  manner�察�his conversational wit or wisdom�察�epigram or paradox�察�his  explosions of sarcasm and his eccentricities of reserve�察�his words  of winningness and acts of kindness�此�and�察�since one half of his  life was social�察�introduce us to the companions who shared his  lighter hour and evoked his finer fancies�察�take us to the Athenaeum  ;Corner�察─�or to Holland House�察�and flash on us at least a glimpse  of the brilliant men and women who formed the setting to his  sparkle�察 �DIC IN AMICITIAM COEANT ET FOEDERA JUNGANT。;

This I have endeavoured to do�察�with such aid as I could command  from his few remaining contemporaries。  His letters to his family  were destroyed by his own desire�察�on those written to Madame  Novikoff no such embargo was laid�察�nor does she believe that it was  intended。  I have used these sparingly�察�and all extracts from them  have been subjected to her censorship。  If the result is not Attic  in salt�察�it is at any rate Roman in brevity。  I send it forth with  John Bunyan's homely aspiration��


And may its buyer have no cause to say�察�His money is but lost or thrown away。



CHAPTER I ´ EARLY YEARS



THE fourth decade of the deceased century dawned on a procession of  Oriental pilgrims�察�variously qualified or disqualified to hold the  gorgeous East in fee�察�who�察�with BAKSHISH in their purses�察�a theory  in their brains�察�an unfilled diary´book in their portmanteaus�察 �sought out the Holy Land�察�the Sinai peninsula�察�the valley of the  Nile�察�sometimes even Armenia and the Monte Santo�察�and returned home  to emit their illustrated and mapped octavos。  We have the type  delineated admiringly in Miss Yonge's ;Heartsease�察─。�1�� bitterly in  Miss Skene's ;Use and Abuse�察─�facetiously in the Clarence Bulbul of  ;Our Street。;  ;Hang it� �has not everybody written an Eastern book�拭  �I should like to meet anybody in society now who has not been up to  the Second Cataract。  My Lord Castleroyal has done one ´ an honest  one�察�my Lord Youngent another ´ an amusing one�察�my Lord Woolsey  another ´ a pious one�察�there is the 'Cutlet and the Cabob' ´ a  sentimental one�察�Timbuctoothen ´ a humorous one。;  Lord Carlisle's  honesty�察�Lord Nugent's fun�察�Lord Lindsay's piety�察�failed to float  their books。  Miss Martineau�察�clear�察�frank�察�unemotional Curzon�察 �fuddling the Levantine monks with rosoglio that he might fleece  them of their treasured hereditary manuscripts�察�even Eliot  Warburton's power�察�colouring�察�play of fancy�察�have yielded to the  mobility of Time。  Two alone out of the gallant company maintain  their vogue to´day�此�Stanley's ;Sinai and Palestine�察─�as a Fifth  Gospel�察�an inspired Scripture Gazetteer�察�and ;Eothen�察─�as a  literary gem of purest ray serene。

In 1898 a reprint of the first edition was given to the public�察 �prefaced by a brief eulogium of the book and a slight notice of the  author。  It brought to the writer of the ;Introduction; not only  kind and indulgent criticism�察�but valuable corrections�察�fresh  facts�察�clues to further knowledge。  These last have been carefully  followed out。  The unwary statement that Kinglake never spoke after  his first failure in the House has been atoned by a careful study  of all his speeches in and out of Parliament。  His reviews in the  ;Quarterly; and elsewhere have been noted�察�impressions of his  manner and appearance at different periods of his life have been  recovered from coaeval acquaintances�察�his friend Hayward's Letters�察 �the numerous allusions in Lord Houghton's Life�察�Mrs。 Crosse's  lively chapters in ;Red Letter Days of my Life�察─�Lady Gregory's  interesting recollections of the Athenaeum Club in Blackwood of  December�察�1895�察�the somewhat slender notice in the ;Dictionary of  National Biography�察─�have all been carefully digested。  From these�察 �and�察�as will be seen�察�from other sources�察�the present Memoir has  been compiled�察�an endeavour ´ SERA TAMEN ´ to lay before the  countless readers and admirers of his books a fairly adequate  appreciation�察�hitherto unattempted�察�of their author。

I have to acknowledge the great kindness of Canon William  Warburton�察�who examined his brother Eliot's diaries on my behalf�察 �obtained information from Dean Boyle and Sir M。 Grant Duff�察�cleared  up for me not a few obscure allusions in the ;Eothen; pages。  My  highly valued friend�察�Mrs。 Hamilton Kinglake�察�of Taunton�察�his  sister´in´law�察�last surviving relative of his own generation�察�has  helped me with facts which no one else could have recalled。  To Mr。  Estcott�察�his old acquaintance and Somersetshire neighbour�察�I am  indebted for recollections manifold and interesting�察�but above all  I tender thanks to Madame Novikoff�察�his intimate associate and  correspondent during the last twenty years of his life�察�who has  supplemented her brilliant sketch of him in ;La Nouvelle Revue; of  1896 by oral and written information lavish in quantity and of  paramount biographical value。  Kinglake's external life�察�his  literary and political career�察�his speeches�察�and the more fugitive  productions of his pen�察�were recoverable from public sources�察�but  his personal and private side�察�as it showed itself to the few close  intimates who still survive�察�must have remained to myself and  others meagre�察�superficial�察�disappointing�察�without Madame  Novikoff's unreserved and sympathetic confidence。


Alexander William Kinglake was descended from an old Scottish  stock�察�the Kinlochs�察�who migrated to England with King James�察�and  whose name was Anglicized into Kinglake。  Later on we find them  settled on a considerable estate of their own at Saltmoor�察�near  Borobridge�察�whence towards the close of the eighteenth century two  brothers�察�moving southward�察�made their home in Taunton ´ Robert as  a physician�察�William as a solicitor and banker。  Both were of high  repute�察�both begat famous sons。  From Robert sprang the eminent  Parliamentary lawyer�察�Serjeant John Kinglake�察�at one time a  contemporary with Cockburn and Crowder on the Western Circuit�察�and  William Chapman Kinglake�察�who while at Trinity�察�Cambridge�察�won the  Latin verse prize�察 �Salix Babylonica�察─�the English verse prizes on  ;Byzantium; and the ;Taking of Jerusalem�察─�in 1830 and 1832。  Of  William's sons the eldest was Alexander William�察�author of  ;Eothen�察─�the youngest Hamilton�察�for many years one of the most  distinguished physicians in the West of England。  ;Eothen�察─�as he  came to be called�察�was born at Taunton on the 5th August�察�1809�察�at  a house called ;The Lawn。;  His father�察�a sturdy Whig�察�died at the  age of ninety through injuries received in the hustings crowd of a  contested election。  His mother belonged to an old Somersetshire  family�察�the Woodfordes of Castle Cary。  She�察�too�察�lived to a great  age�察�a slight�察�neat figure in dainty dress�察�full of antique charm  and grace。  As a girl she had known Lady Hester Stanhope�察�who lived  with her grandmother�察�Lady Chatham�察�at Burton Pynsent�察�her own  father�察�Dr。 Thomas Woodforde�察�being Lady Chatham's medical  attendant。 ��2��  The future prophetess of the Lebanon was then a  wild girl�察�scouring the countryside on bare´backed horses�察�she  showed great kindness to Mary Woodforde�察�afterwards Kinglake's  mother。  It was as his mother's son that she received him long  afterwards at Djoun。  To his mother Kinglake was passionately  attached�察�owed to her�察�as he tells us in ;Eothen�察─�his home in the  saddle and his love for Homer。  A tradition is preserved in the  family that on the day of her funeral�察�at a churchyard five miles  away�察�he was missed from the household group reassembled in the  mourning home�察�he was found to have ordered his horse�察�and galloped  back in the darkness to his mother's grave。  Forty years later he  writes to Alexander Knox�此 �The death of a mother has an almost  magical power of recalling the home of one's childhood�察�and the  almost separate world that rests upon affection。;  Of his two  sisters�察�one was well read and agreeably talkative�察�noted by  Thackeray as the cleverest woman he had ever met�察�the other�察�Mrs。  Acton�察�was a delightful old ESPRIT FORT�察�as I knew her in the  sixties�察 �pagan�察�I regret to say�察─�but not a little resembling her  brother in the point and manner of her wit。  

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