[136]Memoirs of George III.[137]Percy Fitzgerald:The Family of George III.[138]Trevelyan:Early Life of Charles James Fox.[139]Chatham Correspondence.[140]Recollections and Reflections.[141]Correspondence between George III and Lord North.[142]"Peregrine the Elder":An Heroic Epistle to an Unfortunate Monarch. 1778.Other squibs will be found in the present writer'sThe First Gentleman of Europe, where the text of the Royal Marriage Act is given,à proposof the union of the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert.[143]William Frederick succeeded his father as Duke of Gloucester, 1805; married Princess Mary, fourth daughter of George III, 1816.[144]"In their boyhood each had manifested that serious, reserved and pious disposition which happily preserved them from plunging into those youthful irregularities which subsequently disgraced the careers of their brothers, the Dukes of York and Cumberland. Each had suffered from the effects of a faulty education; each, on reaching manhood, had happily had the sagacity to appreciate the grievous disadvantage which it imposed upon them, and each, by diligent study, had endeavoured to make up for the faults and deficiencies of the past."—Jesse:Memoirs of George III.[145]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[146]Memoirs of George III.[147]Thackeray:Life of Chatham.[148]Adolphus:History of England.[149]The Farmer's Letters.[150]Reflections, Personal and Political.[151]Speech on American Taxation, 1774.[152]Recollections and Reflections.[153]Chatham Correspondence.[154]Ibid.[155]Letters of "Junius."[156]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.[157]Grahame:History of the United States.[158]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.[159]Wills Hill (1718-1793), succeeded as second Viscount Hillsborough 1742, created Irish Earl 1751, and Marquis of Downshire 1789.[160]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.[161]Speech on American Taxation, 1774.[162]Trevelyan:Early Life of Charles James Fox.[163]"I am grieved to observe that the landed interest is almost altogether anti-American, though the common people hold the war in abhorrence, and the merchants and tradesmen, for obvious reasons, are likewise against it."—Lord Camden to Lord Chatham, February, 1775.[164]Recollections and Reflections.[165]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[166]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.[167]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.[168]Nicholls:Reflections Personal and Political.[169]Walpole:Last Journals.[170]Mahon:History of England.[171]"I had the fortune [at Paris] to be treated with the sight of what, next to Mr. Pitt, has occasioned most alarm in France, the Beast of the Gévandon."—Walpole to Lady Mary Coke, 1765.[172]Lecky:History of England.[173]In 1778 Sir George Saville introduced a Bill to enable Catholics in England who abjured the temporal jurisdiction of the Pope to purchase and inherit land, and to free their priests from liability to imprisonment. The outcome of this was the Gordon Riots.[174]"My subjects! My army! My dominions! My colonies! the odds, however, even at St. James's are, that we shall hear no more ofmycolonies from the same quarter."—Note by the author of the lampoon.[175]Peregrine the Elder:An Heroic Epistle to an Unfortunate Monarch.[176]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[177]Last Journals, March, 1778.[178]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.[179]Chatham Correspondence.[180]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[181]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.[182]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[183]Ibid.[184]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[185]Mahon:History of England.[186]Selwyn: His Life and Letters.[187]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[188]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[189]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[190]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[191]Lecky:History of England.[192]In November, 1779, Lord Gower resigned his office on the ground that the war "must end in ruin to his Majesty and the country"; and North, after informing the King that he had endeavoured to dissuade his colleague from leaving the ministry, added: "In the argument Lord North had certainly one disadvantage, which is that he holds in his heart, and has held for three years past, the same opinion with Lord Gower."[193]Duke of Grafton:Autobiography.[194]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.[195]Letter of John Adams to John Jay, American Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, June 9, 1783.[196]Afterwards Earl of Sandwich.[197]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[198]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.[199]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.[200]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.[201]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.[202]Shelburne was most unpopular and always suspected of insincerity. It was to him that Goldsmith made the singularlymal-à-proposremark: "Do you know, I could never conceive the reason why they call you Malagrida, for Malagrida was a very good sort of man."[203]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[204]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[205]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[206]Russell:Life and Times of C. J. Fox.[207]"The autumnal session of Parliament was opened on November 27 by a speech from the Throne, the language of which was not less determinate than it had ever been in maintaining the necessity of continuing the most vigorous exertions for the preservation of the essential rights and permanent interests of the country."—Aikin:The Annals of the Reign of George III.[208]Recollections and Reflections.[209]George Selwyn: His Life and His Letters.[210]Ibid.[211]Edward, twelfth Earl of Derby (1752-1834).[212]George Selwyn: His Life and His Letters.[213]Prior:Life of Burke.[214]Prior:Life of Burke.[215]Hunt:Political History of England (1760-1801).[216]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.[217]Huish:Public and Private Life of George III.[218]"Burke, who manifested the greatest reluctance to quit the Pay Office, required rather to be impelled in making that sacrifice, than appeared to feel any spontaneous disposition towards resigning so lucrative an appointment, of which he had scarcely tasted the first fruits."—Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[219]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[220]Walpole:Last Journals.[221]Recollections and Reflections.[222]"The present King [George IV]," Lord Holland wrote, "told me a story of his father's plan of retiring to Hanover, and described, with more humour than filial reverence, his arrangement of the details, and especially of the liveries and dresses, about which he was so earnest that it amounted almost to insanity."—Memorials of Fox.[223]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[224]"It is said and believed that Lord Temple used the King's name and got many votes by it; even at the last critical moment, Lord Graham did all he could to bring the old Duke of Montrose to the House against the Bill; but the old soul nobly resisted, and told him he was too old to turn fool or knave, having as yet deserved neither of these epithets during a long life. But poor pitiful changelings who tremble at the King's name were soon found, and as you know they carried it on Wednesday."—Lady Sarah Napier to Lady Susan O'Brien, December 19.[225]Life and Letters of Lady Sarah Lennox.[226]Quoted in Massey'sHistory of the Reign of George III.[227]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[228]The Rolliad.[229]Galt:George III, his Court and Family.[230]On March 23, 1784, the Great Seal of England was stolen from the Lord Chancellor's house in Great Ormond Street. It was taken from a drawer of a writing table, in which nothing else was disturbed. Much discussion arose, consequently, and there was a suspicion that the theft might have been inspired by political reasons, since there was a doubt whether Parliament could be dissolved except under the Great Seal.[231]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of His Own Times.[232]Ibid.When Mrs. Delany praised George III for his moderation, "No, no, it is no virtue," replied the monarch, "I only prefer eating plain and little, to growing diseased and infirm."—Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[233]Reminiscences of the fifth Earl of Carlisle.[234]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.[235]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[236]Grenville Papers.[237]"On the day previous to the celebration of the Queen's birthday in 1782 [the Queen's birthday was officially recognized in the middle of January], the King was extremely indisposed, and was twice let blood. At the Drawing-room next day his Majesty was seized with a bleeding at the nose, and was obliged to retire very soon after three o'clock; and his Majesty continued so much indisposed that he did not appear in the ball-room in the evening. In a few days his Majesty was so much recovered as to be deemed entirely out of danger."—Southy:Authentic Memoirs of George the Third.[238]Court and Private Life.[239]Jesse:Memoirs of George III.[240]It was not only at Windsor that George addressed him to the passers-by. "This, I suppose, is Worcester New Bridge," he asked some one in the streets of Worcester. "Yes, please your Majesty." "Then," said the King, "let me have a huzza"; and taking off his hat, he set the example.—Georgiana.[241]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[242]Stanhope:Life of Pitt.[243]Relics of Royalty.[244]History of the Royal Malady, with Variety of Entertaining Anecdotes, to which are added Strictures of the Declaration of Horne Tooke, Esq., respecting "Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales," commonly called Mrs. Fitzherbert. With Interesting Remarks on a Regency. By a Page of the Presence.(1789.)The narrative of the illness of George III is headed, presumedly to evade prosecution, "Curious and Entertaining Anecdotes of Henry IV, King of France."[245]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[246]Ibid.[247]Moore:Life of Sheridan.[248]Dr. Ray:The Insanity of King George III.[249]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.[250]"It was found impossible, however, to divert public attention from the lengthy confinement of the King in 1788, and in November the Queen was greatly offended by some anecdote relative to the indisposition which appeared inThe Morning Herald, and after instructing Miss Burney to burn the paper, she sought for some one who should represent to the editor that 'he must answer at his peril any further such treasonable paragraphs.'"—The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[251]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[252]"Gretford and its vicinity at that time exhibited one of the most peculiar and singular sights I ever witnessed. As the unprepared traveller approached the town he was astonished to find almost all the surrounding ploughmen, gardeners, threshers, thatchers and other labourers attired in black coats, white waistcoats, black silk breeches and stockings, and the head of each 'bien poudre, frise, et arrange.' These were the Doctor's patients; and dress, neatness of person, and exercise being the principal features of his admirable system, health and cheerfulness conjoined to aid the recovery of every person attached to that most valuable asylum. The Doctor kept an excellent table, and the day I dined with him I found a numerous company. Nothing occurred out of the common way till soon after the cloth was removed, when I saw the Doctor frown at a patient who immediately hastened from the room, taking with him mytail, which he had slyly cut off."—Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds.[253]Diary and Correspondence of the first Earl of Malmesbury.[254]The Insanity of George III.[255]Historical Memoirs of his Own Times.[256]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.[257]Dr. Ray:The Insanity of King George III.[258]Duke of Buckingham:Court and Cabinets of George III.[259]"Edmund Burke arose a little after four and is speaking yet. He has been wilder than ever, and laid himself and party open more than ever speaker did. He is folly personified, but shaking his cap and bells under the laurel of genius.... He finished his wild speech in a manner next to madness," so Sir W. Young wrote to Lord Buckingham; and, indeed, throughout the debates Burke, as Pitt put it scathingly, "displayed a warmth that seemed to have arisen from his entertaining wishes different from the rest of the House."[260]Duke of Buckingham:Courts and Cabinets of George III.[261]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.[262]Ray:The Insanity of King George III.[263]Georgiana.[264]Diaries of a Lady of Quality.Edited by Abraham Hayward.[265]Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, daughter of Charles, second Duke of Marlborough.[266]Reminiscences of the fifth Earl of Carlisle.[267]Court and Private Life.[268]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[269]Pellew:Life of Lord Sidmouth.[270]Auckland Correspondence.[271]Lady Minto:Life of Sir Gilbert Elliot.[272]Pellew:Life of Lord Sidmouth.[273]Wraxall:Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Times.[274]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.[275]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[276]"The ladies at White's Club are to be dressed in white and gold. On the front of their caps they are to have a motto 'God save the King' in gold letters. The Prince and Duke of York were offered tickets, which they refused, but desired to subscribe. This was agreed to, but they are not to come. The Opposition ladies follow the example, but decline coming to the ball, but there will probably be some exceptions."—Cornwallis Papers.[277]George III had fifteen children by his wife: George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830); Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827); William, Duke of Clarence (1765-1837); Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820); Ernest, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (1771-1851); Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850); Octavius (1779-1783); Alfred (1780-1782); Charlotte, afterwards Queen of Würtemburg (1766-1828); Augusta (1768-1840); Elizabeth, afterwards Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1770-1840); Mary, afterwards Duchess of Gloucester (1776-1857); Sophia (1777-1848); Amelia (1783-1810).
[136]Memoirs of George III.[137]Percy Fitzgerald:The Family of George III.[138]Trevelyan:Early Life of Charles James Fox.[139]Chatham Correspondence.[140]Recollections and Reflections.[141]Correspondence between George III and Lord North.[142]"Peregrine the Elder":An Heroic Epistle to an Unfortunate Monarch. 1778.Other squibs will be found in the present writer'sThe First Gentleman of Europe, where the text of the Royal Marriage Act is given,à proposof the union of the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert.[143]William Frederick succeeded his father as Duke of Gloucester, 1805; married Princess Mary, fourth daughter of George III, 1816.[144]"In their boyhood each had manifested that serious, reserved and pious disposition which happily preserved them from plunging into those youthful irregularities which subsequently disgraced the careers of their brothers, the Dukes of York and Cumberland. Each had suffered from the effects of a faulty education; each, on reaching manhood, had happily had the sagacity to appreciate the grievous disadvantage which it imposed upon them, and each, by diligent study, had endeavoured to make up for the faults and deficiencies of the past."—Jesse:Memoirs of George III.[145]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[146]Memoirs of George III.[147]Thackeray:Life of Chatham.[148]Adolphus:History of England.[149]The Farmer's Letters.[150]Reflections, Personal and Political.[151]Speech on American Taxation, 1774.[152]Recollections and Reflections.[153]Chatham Correspondence.[154]Ibid.[155]Letters of "Junius."[156]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.[157]Grahame:History of the United States.[158]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.[159]Wills Hill (1718-1793), succeeded as second Viscount Hillsborough 1742, created Irish Earl 1751, and Marquis of Downshire 1789.[160]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.[161]Speech on American Taxation, 1774.[162]Trevelyan:Early Life of Charles James Fox.[163]"I am grieved to observe that the landed interest is almost altogether anti-American, though the common people hold the war in abhorrence, and the merchants and tradesmen, for obvious reasons, are likewise against it."—Lord Camden to Lord Chatham, February, 1775.[164]Recollections and Reflections.[165]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[166]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.[167]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.[168]Nicholls:Reflections Personal and Political.[169]Walpole:Last Journals.[170]Mahon:History of England.[171]"I had the fortune [at Paris] to be treated with the sight of what, next to Mr. Pitt, has occasioned most alarm in France, the Beast of the Gévandon."—Walpole to Lady Mary Coke, 1765.[172]Lecky:History of England.[173]In 1778 Sir George Saville introduced a Bill to enable Catholics in England who abjured the temporal jurisdiction of the Pope to purchase and inherit land, and to free their priests from liability to imprisonment. The outcome of this was the Gordon Riots.[174]"My subjects! My army! My dominions! My colonies! the odds, however, even at St. James's are, that we shall hear no more ofmycolonies from the same quarter."—Note by the author of the lampoon.[175]Peregrine the Elder:An Heroic Epistle to an Unfortunate Monarch.[176]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[177]Last Journals, March, 1778.[178]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.[179]Chatham Correspondence.[180]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[181]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.[182]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[183]Ibid.[184]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[185]Mahon:History of England.[186]Selwyn: His Life and Letters.[187]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[188]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[189]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[190]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[191]Lecky:History of England.[192]In November, 1779, Lord Gower resigned his office on the ground that the war "must end in ruin to his Majesty and the country"; and North, after informing the King that he had endeavoured to dissuade his colleague from leaving the ministry, added: "In the argument Lord North had certainly one disadvantage, which is that he holds in his heart, and has held for three years past, the same opinion with Lord Gower."[193]Duke of Grafton:Autobiography.[194]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.[195]Letter of John Adams to John Jay, American Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, June 9, 1783.[196]Afterwards Earl of Sandwich.[197]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[198]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.[199]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.[200]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.[201]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.[202]Shelburne was most unpopular and always suspected of insincerity. It was to him that Goldsmith made the singularlymal-à-proposremark: "Do you know, I could never conceive the reason why they call you Malagrida, for Malagrida was a very good sort of man."[203]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[204]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[205]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.[206]Russell:Life and Times of C. J. Fox.[207]"The autumnal session of Parliament was opened on November 27 by a speech from the Throne, the language of which was not less determinate than it had ever been in maintaining the necessity of continuing the most vigorous exertions for the preservation of the essential rights and permanent interests of the country."—Aikin:The Annals of the Reign of George III.[208]Recollections and Reflections.[209]George Selwyn: His Life and His Letters.[210]Ibid.[211]Edward, twelfth Earl of Derby (1752-1834).[212]George Selwyn: His Life and His Letters.[213]Prior:Life of Burke.[214]Prior:Life of Burke.[215]Hunt:Political History of England (1760-1801).[216]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.[217]Huish:Public and Private Life of George III.[218]"Burke, who manifested the greatest reluctance to quit the Pay Office, required rather to be impelled in making that sacrifice, than appeared to feel any spontaneous disposition towards resigning so lucrative an appointment, of which he had scarcely tasted the first fruits."—Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[219]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[220]Walpole:Last Journals.[221]Recollections and Reflections.[222]"The present King [George IV]," Lord Holland wrote, "told me a story of his father's plan of retiring to Hanover, and described, with more humour than filial reverence, his arrangement of the details, and especially of the liveries and dresses, about which he was so earnest that it amounted almost to insanity."—Memorials of Fox.[223]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[224]"It is said and believed that Lord Temple used the King's name and got many votes by it; even at the last critical moment, Lord Graham did all he could to bring the old Duke of Montrose to the House against the Bill; but the old soul nobly resisted, and told him he was too old to turn fool or knave, having as yet deserved neither of these epithets during a long life. But poor pitiful changelings who tremble at the King's name were soon found, and as you know they carried it on Wednesday."—Lady Sarah Napier to Lady Susan O'Brien, December 19.[225]Life and Letters of Lady Sarah Lennox.[226]Quoted in Massey'sHistory of the Reign of George III.[227]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.[228]The Rolliad.[229]Galt:George III, his Court and Family.[230]On March 23, 1784, the Great Seal of England was stolen from the Lord Chancellor's house in Great Ormond Street. It was taken from a drawer of a writing table, in which nothing else was disturbed. Much discussion arose, consequently, and there was a suspicion that the theft might have been inspired by political reasons, since there was a doubt whether Parliament could be dissolved except under the Great Seal.[231]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of His Own Times.[232]Ibid.When Mrs. Delany praised George III for his moderation, "No, no, it is no virtue," replied the monarch, "I only prefer eating plain and little, to growing diseased and infirm."—Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[233]Reminiscences of the fifth Earl of Carlisle.[234]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.[235]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[236]Grenville Papers.[237]"On the day previous to the celebration of the Queen's birthday in 1782 [the Queen's birthday was officially recognized in the middle of January], the King was extremely indisposed, and was twice let blood. At the Drawing-room next day his Majesty was seized with a bleeding at the nose, and was obliged to retire very soon after three o'clock; and his Majesty continued so much indisposed that he did not appear in the ball-room in the evening. In a few days his Majesty was so much recovered as to be deemed entirely out of danger."—Southy:Authentic Memoirs of George the Third.[238]Court and Private Life.[239]Jesse:Memoirs of George III.[240]It was not only at Windsor that George addressed him to the passers-by. "This, I suppose, is Worcester New Bridge," he asked some one in the streets of Worcester. "Yes, please your Majesty." "Then," said the King, "let me have a huzza"; and taking off his hat, he set the example.—Georgiana.[241]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[242]Stanhope:Life of Pitt.[243]Relics of Royalty.[244]History of the Royal Malady, with Variety of Entertaining Anecdotes, to which are added Strictures of the Declaration of Horne Tooke, Esq., respecting "Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales," commonly called Mrs. Fitzherbert. With Interesting Remarks on a Regency. By a Page of the Presence.(1789.)The narrative of the illness of George III is headed, presumedly to evade prosecution, "Curious and Entertaining Anecdotes of Henry IV, King of France."[245]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[246]Ibid.[247]Moore:Life of Sheridan.[248]Dr. Ray:The Insanity of King George III.[249]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.[250]"It was found impossible, however, to divert public attention from the lengthy confinement of the King in 1788, and in November the Queen was greatly offended by some anecdote relative to the indisposition which appeared inThe Morning Herald, and after instructing Miss Burney to burn the paper, she sought for some one who should represent to the editor that 'he must answer at his peril any further such treasonable paragraphs.'"—The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[251]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[252]"Gretford and its vicinity at that time exhibited one of the most peculiar and singular sights I ever witnessed. As the unprepared traveller approached the town he was astonished to find almost all the surrounding ploughmen, gardeners, threshers, thatchers and other labourers attired in black coats, white waistcoats, black silk breeches and stockings, and the head of each 'bien poudre, frise, et arrange.' These were the Doctor's patients; and dress, neatness of person, and exercise being the principal features of his admirable system, health and cheerfulness conjoined to aid the recovery of every person attached to that most valuable asylum. The Doctor kept an excellent table, and the day I dined with him I found a numerous company. Nothing occurred out of the common way till soon after the cloth was removed, when I saw the Doctor frown at a patient who immediately hastened from the room, taking with him mytail, which he had slyly cut off."—Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds.[253]Diary and Correspondence of the first Earl of Malmesbury.[254]The Insanity of George III.[255]Historical Memoirs of his Own Times.[256]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.[257]Dr. Ray:The Insanity of King George III.[258]Duke of Buckingham:Court and Cabinets of George III.[259]"Edmund Burke arose a little after four and is speaking yet. He has been wilder than ever, and laid himself and party open more than ever speaker did. He is folly personified, but shaking his cap and bells under the laurel of genius.... He finished his wild speech in a manner next to madness," so Sir W. Young wrote to Lord Buckingham; and, indeed, throughout the debates Burke, as Pitt put it scathingly, "displayed a warmth that seemed to have arisen from his entertaining wishes different from the rest of the House."[260]Duke of Buckingham:Courts and Cabinets of George III.[261]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.[262]Ray:The Insanity of King George III.[263]Georgiana.[264]Diaries of a Lady of Quality.Edited by Abraham Hayward.[265]Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, daughter of Charles, second Duke of Marlborough.[266]Reminiscences of the fifth Earl of Carlisle.[267]Court and Private Life.[268]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[269]Pellew:Life of Lord Sidmouth.[270]Auckland Correspondence.[271]Lady Minto:Life of Sir Gilbert Elliot.[272]Pellew:Life of Lord Sidmouth.[273]Wraxall:Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Times.[274]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.[275]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.[276]"The ladies at White's Club are to be dressed in white and gold. On the front of their caps they are to have a motto 'God save the King' in gold letters. The Prince and Duke of York were offered tickets, which they refused, but desired to subscribe. This was agreed to, but they are not to come. The Opposition ladies follow the example, but decline coming to the ball, but there will probably be some exceptions."—Cornwallis Papers.[277]George III had fifteen children by his wife: George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830); Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827); William, Duke of Clarence (1765-1837); Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820); Ernest, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (1771-1851); Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850); Octavius (1779-1783); Alfred (1780-1782); Charlotte, afterwards Queen of Würtemburg (1766-1828); Augusta (1768-1840); Elizabeth, afterwards Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1770-1840); Mary, afterwards Duchess of Gloucester (1776-1857); Sophia (1777-1848); Amelia (1783-1810).
[136]Memoirs of George III.
[136]Memoirs of George III.
[137]Percy Fitzgerald:The Family of George III.
[137]Percy Fitzgerald:The Family of George III.
[138]Trevelyan:Early Life of Charles James Fox.
[138]Trevelyan:Early Life of Charles James Fox.
[139]Chatham Correspondence.
[139]Chatham Correspondence.
[140]Recollections and Reflections.
[140]Recollections and Reflections.
[141]Correspondence between George III and Lord North.
[141]Correspondence between George III and Lord North.
[142]"Peregrine the Elder":An Heroic Epistle to an Unfortunate Monarch. 1778.Other squibs will be found in the present writer'sThe First Gentleman of Europe, where the text of the Royal Marriage Act is given,à proposof the union of the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert.
[142]"Peregrine the Elder":An Heroic Epistle to an Unfortunate Monarch. 1778.
Other squibs will be found in the present writer'sThe First Gentleman of Europe, where the text of the Royal Marriage Act is given,à proposof the union of the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert.
[143]William Frederick succeeded his father as Duke of Gloucester, 1805; married Princess Mary, fourth daughter of George III, 1816.
[143]William Frederick succeeded his father as Duke of Gloucester, 1805; married Princess Mary, fourth daughter of George III, 1816.
[144]"In their boyhood each had manifested that serious, reserved and pious disposition which happily preserved them from plunging into those youthful irregularities which subsequently disgraced the careers of their brothers, the Dukes of York and Cumberland. Each had suffered from the effects of a faulty education; each, on reaching manhood, had happily had the sagacity to appreciate the grievous disadvantage which it imposed upon them, and each, by diligent study, had endeavoured to make up for the faults and deficiencies of the past."—Jesse:Memoirs of George III.
[144]"In their boyhood each had manifested that serious, reserved and pious disposition which happily preserved them from plunging into those youthful irregularities which subsequently disgraced the careers of their brothers, the Dukes of York and Cumberland. Each had suffered from the effects of a faulty education; each, on reaching manhood, had happily had the sagacity to appreciate the grievous disadvantage which it imposed upon them, and each, by diligent study, had endeavoured to make up for the faults and deficiencies of the past."—Jesse:Memoirs of George III.
[145]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[145]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[146]Memoirs of George III.
[146]Memoirs of George III.
[147]Thackeray:Life of Chatham.
[147]Thackeray:Life of Chatham.
[148]Adolphus:History of England.
[148]Adolphus:History of England.
[149]The Farmer's Letters.
[149]The Farmer's Letters.
[150]Reflections, Personal and Political.
[150]Reflections, Personal and Political.
[151]Speech on American Taxation, 1774.
[151]Speech on American Taxation, 1774.
[152]Recollections and Reflections.
[152]Recollections and Reflections.
[153]Chatham Correspondence.
[153]Chatham Correspondence.
[154]Ibid.
[154]Ibid.
[155]Letters of "Junius."
[155]Letters of "Junius."
[156]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.
[156]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.
[157]Grahame:History of the United States.
[157]Grahame:History of the United States.
[158]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.
[158]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.
[159]Wills Hill (1718-1793), succeeded as second Viscount Hillsborough 1742, created Irish Earl 1751, and Marquis of Downshire 1789.
[159]Wills Hill (1718-1793), succeeded as second Viscount Hillsborough 1742, created Irish Earl 1751, and Marquis of Downshire 1789.
[160]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.
[160]Bancroft:History of the American Revolution.
[161]Speech on American Taxation, 1774.
[161]Speech on American Taxation, 1774.
[162]Trevelyan:Early Life of Charles James Fox.
[162]Trevelyan:Early Life of Charles James Fox.
[163]"I am grieved to observe that the landed interest is almost altogether anti-American, though the common people hold the war in abhorrence, and the merchants and tradesmen, for obvious reasons, are likewise against it."—Lord Camden to Lord Chatham, February, 1775.
[163]"I am grieved to observe that the landed interest is almost altogether anti-American, though the common people hold the war in abhorrence, and the merchants and tradesmen, for obvious reasons, are likewise against it."—Lord Camden to Lord Chatham, February, 1775.
[164]Recollections and Reflections.
[164]Recollections and Reflections.
[165]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[165]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[166]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.
[166]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.
[167]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.
[167]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.
[168]Nicholls:Reflections Personal and Political.
[168]Nicholls:Reflections Personal and Political.
[169]Walpole:Last Journals.
[169]Walpole:Last Journals.
[170]Mahon:History of England.
[170]Mahon:History of England.
[171]"I had the fortune [at Paris] to be treated with the sight of what, next to Mr. Pitt, has occasioned most alarm in France, the Beast of the Gévandon."—Walpole to Lady Mary Coke, 1765.
[171]"I had the fortune [at Paris] to be treated with the sight of what, next to Mr. Pitt, has occasioned most alarm in France, the Beast of the Gévandon."—Walpole to Lady Mary Coke, 1765.
[172]Lecky:History of England.
[172]Lecky:History of England.
[173]In 1778 Sir George Saville introduced a Bill to enable Catholics in England who abjured the temporal jurisdiction of the Pope to purchase and inherit land, and to free their priests from liability to imprisonment. The outcome of this was the Gordon Riots.
[173]In 1778 Sir George Saville introduced a Bill to enable Catholics in England who abjured the temporal jurisdiction of the Pope to purchase and inherit land, and to free their priests from liability to imprisonment. The outcome of this was the Gordon Riots.
[174]"My subjects! My army! My dominions! My colonies! the odds, however, even at St. James's are, that we shall hear no more ofmycolonies from the same quarter."—Note by the author of the lampoon.
[174]"My subjects! My army! My dominions! My colonies! the odds, however, even at St. James's are, that we shall hear no more ofmycolonies from the same quarter."—Note by the author of the lampoon.
[175]Peregrine the Elder:An Heroic Epistle to an Unfortunate Monarch.
[175]Peregrine the Elder:An Heroic Epistle to an Unfortunate Monarch.
[176]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[176]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[177]Last Journals, March, 1778.
[177]Last Journals, March, 1778.
[178]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.
[178]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.
[179]Chatham Correspondence.
[179]Chatham Correspondence.
[180]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[180]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[181]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.
[181]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.
[182]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[182]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[183]Ibid.
[183]Ibid.
[184]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[184]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[185]Mahon:History of England.
[185]Mahon:History of England.
[186]Selwyn: His Life and Letters.
[186]Selwyn: His Life and Letters.
[187]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[187]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[188]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[188]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[189]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[189]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[190]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[190]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[191]Lecky:History of England.
[191]Lecky:History of England.
[192]In November, 1779, Lord Gower resigned his office on the ground that the war "must end in ruin to his Majesty and the country"; and North, after informing the King that he had endeavoured to dissuade his colleague from leaving the ministry, added: "In the argument Lord North had certainly one disadvantage, which is that he holds in his heart, and has held for three years past, the same opinion with Lord Gower."
[192]In November, 1779, Lord Gower resigned his office on the ground that the war "must end in ruin to his Majesty and the country"; and North, after informing the King that he had endeavoured to dissuade his colleague from leaving the ministry, added: "In the argument Lord North had certainly one disadvantage, which is that he holds in his heart, and has held for three years past, the same opinion with Lord Gower."
[193]Duke of Grafton:Autobiography.
[193]Duke of Grafton:Autobiography.
[194]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.
[194]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.
[195]Letter of John Adams to John Jay, American Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, June 9, 1783.
[195]Letter of John Adams to John Jay, American Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, June 9, 1783.
[196]Afterwards Earl of Sandwich.
[196]Afterwards Earl of Sandwich.
[197]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[197]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[198]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.
[198]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.
[199]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.
[199]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.
[200]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.
[200]Albemarle:Memoirs of Rockingham.
[201]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.
[201]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.
[202]Shelburne was most unpopular and always suspected of insincerity. It was to him that Goldsmith made the singularlymal-à-proposremark: "Do you know, I could never conceive the reason why they call you Malagrida, for Malagrida was a very good sort of man."
[202]Shelburne was most unpopular and always suspected of insincerity. It was to him that Goldsmith made the singularlymal-à-proposremark: "Do you know, I could never conceive the reason why they call you Malagrida, for Malagrida was a very good sort of man."
[203]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[203]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[204]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[204]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[205]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[205]Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[206]Russell:Life and Times of C. J. Fox.
[206]Russell:Life and Times of C. J. Fox.
[207]"The autumnal session of Parliament was opened on November 27 by a speech from the Throne, the language of which was not less determinate than it had ever been in maintaining the necessity of continuing the most vigorous exertions for the preservation of the essential rights and permanent interests of the country."—Aikin:The Annals of the Reign of George III.
[207]"The autumnal session of Parliament was opened on November 27 by a speech from the Throne, the language of which was not less determinate than it had ever been in maintaining the necessity of continuing the most vigorous exertions for the preservation of the essential rights and permanent interests of the country."—Aikin:The Annals of the Reign of George III.
[208]Recollections and Reflections.
[208]Recollections and Reflections.
[209]George Selwyn: His Life and His Letters.
[209]George Selwyn: His Life and His Letters.
[210]Ibid.
[210]Ibid.
[211]Edward, twelfth Earl of Derby (1752-1834).
[211]Edward, twelfth Earl of Derby (1752-1834).
[212]George Selwyn: His Life and His Letters.
[212]George Selwyn: His Life and His Letters.
[213]Prior:Life of Burke.
[213]Prior:Life of Burke.
[214]Prior:Life of Burke.
[214]Prior:Life of Burke.
[215]Hunt:Political History of England (1760-1801).
[215]Hunt:Political History of England (1760-1801).
[216]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.
[216]Nicholls:Recollections and Reflections.
[217]Huish:Public and Private Life of George III.
[217]Huish:Public and Private Life of George III.
[218]"Burke, who manifested the greatest reluctance to quit the Pay Office, required rather to be impelled in making that sacrifice, than appeared to feel any spontaneous disposition towards resigning so lucrative an appointment, of which he had scarcely tasted the first fruits."—Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[218]"Burke, who manifested the greatest reluctance to quit the Pay Office, required rather to be impelled in making that sacrifice, than appeared to feel any spontaneous disposition towards resigning so lucrative an appointment, of which he had scarcely tasted the first fruits."—Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[219]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[219]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[220]Walpole:Last Journals.
[220]Walpole:Last Journals.
[221]Recollections and Reflections.
[221]Recollections and Reflections.
[222]"The present King [George IV]," Lord Holland wrote, "told me a story of his father's plan of retiring to Hanover, and described, with more humour than filial reverence, his arrangement of the details, and especially of the liveries and dresses, about which he was so earnest that it amounted almost to insanity."—Memorials of Fox.
[222]"The present King [George IV]," Lord Holland wrote, "told me a story of his father's plan of retiring to Hanover, and described, with more humour than filial reverence, his arrangement of the details, and especially of the liveries and dresses, about which he was so earnest that it amounted almost to insanity."—Memorials of Fox.
[223]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[223]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[224]"It is said and believed that Lord Temple used the King's name and got many votes by it; even at the last critical moment, Lord Graham did all he could to bring the old Duke of Montrose to the House against the Bill; but the old soul nobly resisted, and told him he was too old to turn fool or knave, having as yet deserved neither of these epithets during a long life. But poor pitiful changelings who tremble at the King's name were soon found, and as you know they carried it on Wednesday."—Lady Sarah Napier to Lady Susan O'Brien, December 19.
[224]"It is said and believed that Lord Temple used the King's name and got many votes by it; even at the last critical moment, Lord Graham did all he could to bring the old Duke of Montrose to the House against the Bill; but the old soul nobly resisted, and told him he was too old to turn fool or knave, having as yet deserved neither of these epithets during a long life. But poor pitiful changelings who tremble at the King's name were soon found, and as you know they carried it on Wednesday."—Lady Sarah Napier to Lady Susan O'Brien, December 19.
[225]Life and Letters of Lady Sarah Lennox.
[225]Life and Letters of Lady Sarah Lennox.
[226]Quoted in Massey'sHistory of the Reign of George III.
[226]Quoted in Massey'sHistory of the Reign of George III.
[227]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[227]Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[228]The Rolliad.
[228]The Rolliad.
[229]Galt:George III, his Court and Family.
[229]Galt:George III, his Court and Family.
[230]On March 23, 1784, the Great Seal of England was stolen from the Lord Chancellor's house in Great Ormond Street. It was taken from a drawer of a writing table, in which nothing else was disturbed. Much discussion arose, consequently, and there was a suspicion that the theft might have been inspired by political reasons, since there was a doubt whether Parliament could be dissolved except under the Great Seal.
[230]On March 23, 1784, the Great Seal of England was stolen from the Lord Chancellor's house in Great Ormond Street. It was taken from a drawer of a writing table, in which nothing else was disturbed. Much discussion arose, consequently, and there was a suspicion that the theft might have been inspired by political reasons, since there was a doubt whether Parliament could be dissolved except under the Great Seal.
[231]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of His Own Times.
[231]Wraxall:Historical Memoirs of His Own Times.
[232]Ibid.When Mrs. Delany praised George III for his moderation, "No, no, it is no virtue," replied the monarch, "I only prefer eating plain and little, to growing diseased and infirm."—Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[232]Ibid.
When Mrs. Delany praised George III for his moderation, "No, no, it is no virtue," replied the monarch, "I only prefer eating plain and little, to growing diseased and infirm."—Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[233]Reminiscences of the fifth Earl of Carlisle.
[233]Reminiscences of the fifth Earl of Carlisle.
[234]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.
[234]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.
[235]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[235]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[236]Grenville Papers.
[236]Grenville Papers.
[237]"On the day previous to the celebration of the Queen's birthday in 1782 [the Queen's birthday was officially recognized in the middle of January], the King was extremely indisposed, and was twice let blood. At the Drawing-room next day his Majesty was seized with a bleeding at the nose, and was obliged to retire very soon after three o'clock; and his Majesty continued so much indisposed that he did not appear in the ball-room in the evening. In a few days his Majesty was so much recovered as to be deemed entirely out of danger."—Southy:Authentic Memoirs of George the Third.
[237]"On the day previous to the celebration of the Queen's birthday in 1782 [the Queen's birthday was officially recognized in the middle of January], the King was extremely indisposed, and was twice let blood. At the Drawing-room next day his Majesty was seized with a bleeding at the nose, and was obliged to retire very soon after three o'clock; and his Majesty continued so much indisposed that he did not appear in the ball-room in the evening. In a few days his Majesty was so much recovered as to be deemed entirely out of danger."—Southy:Authentic Memoirs of George the Third.
[238]Court and Private Life.
[238]Court and Private Life.
[239]Jesse:Memoirs of George III.
[239]Jesse:Memoirs of George III.
[240]It was not only at Windsor that George addressed him to the passers-by. "This, I suppose, is Worcester New Bridge," he asked some one in the streets of Worcester. "Yes, please your Majesty." "Then," said the King, "let me have a huzza"; and taking off his hat, he set the example.—Georgiana.
[240]It was not only at Windsor that George addressed him to the passers-by. "This, I suppose, is Worcester New Bridge," he asked some one in the streets of Worcester. "Yes, please your Majesty." "Then," said the King, "let me have a huzza"; and taking off his hat, he set the example.—Georgiana.
[241]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[241]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[242]Stanhope:Life of Pitt.
[242]Stanhope:Life of Pitt.
[243]Relics of Royalty.
[243]Relics of Royalty.
[244]History of the Royal Malady, with Variety of Entertaining Anecdotes, to which are added Strictures of the Declaration of Horne Tooke, Esq., respecting "Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales," commonly called Mrs. Fitzherbert. With Interesting Remarks on a Regency. By a Page of the Presence.(1789.)The narrative of the illness of George III is headed, presumedly to evade prosecution, "Curious and Entertaining Anecdotes of Henry IV, King of France."
[244]History of the Royal Malady, with Variety of Entertaining Anecdotes, to which are added Strictures of the Declaration of Horne Tooke, Esq., respecting "Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales," commonly called Mrs. Fitzherbert. With Interesting Remarks on a Regency. By a Page of the Presence.(1789.)
The narrative of the illness of George III is headed, presumedly to evade prosecution, "Curious and Entertaining Anecdotes of Henry IV, King of France."
[245]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[245]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[246]Ibid.
[246]Ibid.
[247]Moore:Life of Sheridan.
[247]Moore:Life of Sheridan.
[248]Dr. Ray:The Insanity of King George III.
[248]Dr. Ray:The Insanity of King George III.
[249]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.
[249]George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.
[250]"It was found impossible, however, to divert public attention from the lengthy confinement of the King in 1788, and in November the Queen was greatly offended by some anecdote relative to the indisposition which appeared inThe Morning Herald, and after instructing Miss Burney to burn the paper, she sought for some one who should represent to the editor that 'he must answer at his peril any further such treasonable paragraphs.'"—The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[250]"It was found impossible, however, to divert public attention from the lengthy confinement of the King in 1788, and in November the Queen was greatly offended by some anecdote relative to the indisposition which appeared inThe Morning Herald, and after instructing Miss Burney to burn the paper, she sought for some one who should represent to the editor that 'he must answer at his peril any further such treasonable paragraphs.'"—The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[251]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[251]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[252]"Gretford and its vicinity at that time exhibited one of the most peculiar and singular sights I ever witnessed. As the unprepared traveller approached the town he was astonished to find almost all the surrounding ploughmen, gardeners, threshers, thatchers and other labourers attired in black coats, white waistcoats, black silk breeches and stockings, and the head of each 'bien poudre, frise, et arrange.' These were the Doctor's patients; and dress, neatness of person, and exercise being the principal features of his admirable system, health and cheerfulness conjoined to aid the recovery of every person attached to that most valuable asylum. The Doctor kept an excellent table, and the day I dined with him I found a numerous company. Nothing occurred out of the common way till soon after the cloth was removed, when I saw the Doctor frown at a patient who immediately hastened from the room, taking with him mytail, which he had slyly cut off."—Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds.
[252]"Gretford and its vicinity at that time exhibited one of the most peculiar and singular sights I ever witnessed. As the unprepared traveller approached the town he was astonished to find almost all the surrounding ploughmen, gardeners, threshers, thatchers and other labourers attired in black coats, white waistcoats, black silk breeches and stockings, and the head of each 'bien poudre, frise, et arrange.' These were the Doctor's patients; and dress, neatness of person, and exercise being the principal features of his admirable system, health and cheerfulness conjoined to aid the recovery of every person attached to that most valuable asylum. The Doctor kept an excellent table, and the day I dined with him I found a numerous company. Nothing occurred out of the common way till soon after the cloth was removed, when I saw the Doctor frown at a patient who immediately hastened from the room, taking with him mytail, which he had slyly cut off."—Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds.
[253]Diary and Correspondence of the first Earl of Malmesbury.
[253]Diary and Correspondence of the first Earl of Malmesbury.
[254]The Insanity of George III.
[254]The Insanity of George III.
[255]Historical Memoirs of his Own Times.
[255]Historical Memoirs of his Own Times.
[256]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.
[256]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.
[257]Dr. Ray:The Insanity of King George III.
[257]Dr. Ray:The Insanity of King George III.
[258]Duke of Buckingham:Court and Cabinets of George III.
[258]Duke of Buckingham:Court and Cabinets of George III.
[259]"Edmund Burke arose a little after four and is speaking yet. He has been wilder than ever, and laid himself and party open more than ever speaker did. He is folly personified, but shaking his cap and bells under the laurel of genius.... He finished his wild speech in a manner next to madness," so Sir W. Young wrote to Lord Buckingham; and, indeed, throughout the debates Burke, as Pitt put it scathingly, "displayed a warmth that seemed to have arisen from his entertaining wishes different from the rest of the House."
[259]"Edmund Burke arose a little after four and is speaking yet. He has been wilder than ever, and laid himself and party open more than ever speaker did. He is folly personified, but shaking his cap and bells under the laurel of genius.... He finished his wild speech in a manner next to madness," so Sir W. Young wrote to Lord Buckingham; and, indeed, throughout the debates Burke, as Pitt put it scathingly, "displayed a warmth that seemed to have arisen from his entertaining wishes different from the rest of the House."
[260]Duke of Buckingham:Courts and Cabinets of George III.
[260]Duke of Buckingham:Courts and Cabinets of George III.
[261]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.
[261]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.
[262]Ray:The Insanity of King George III.
[262]Ray:The Insanity of King George III.
[263]Georgiana.
[263]Georgiana.
[264]Diaries of a Lady of Quality.Edited by Abraham Hayward.
[264]Diaries of a Lady of Quality.Edited by Abraham Hayward.
[265]Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, daughter of Charles, second Duke of Marlborough.
[265]Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, daughter of Charles, second Duke of Marlborough.
[266]Reminiscences of the fifth Earl of Carlisle.
[266]Reminiscences of the fifth Earl of Carlisle.
[267]Court and Private Life.
[267]Court and Private Life.
[268]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[268]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[269]Pellew:Life of Lord Sidmouth.
[269]Pellew:Life of Lord Sidmouth.
[270]Auckland Correspondence.
[270]Auckland Correspondence.
[271]Lady Minto:Life of Sir Gilbert Elliot.
[271]Lady Minto:Life of Sir Gilbert Elliot.
[272]Pellew:Life of Lord Sidmouth.
[272]Pellew:Life of Lord Sidmouth.
[273]Wraxall:Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Times.
[273]Wraxall:Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Times.
[274]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.
[274]Papendiek:Court and Private Life.
[275]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[275]Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[276]"The ladies at White's Club are to be dressed in white and gold. On the front of their caps they are to have a motto 'God save the King' in gold letters. The Prince and Duke of York were offered tickets, which they refused, but desired to subscribe. This was agreed to, but they are not to come. The Opposition ladies follow the example, but decline coming to the ball, but there will probably be some exceptions."—Cornwallis Papers.
[276]"The ladies at White's Club are to be dressed in white and gold. On the front of their caps they are to have a motto 'God save the King' in gold letters. The Prince and Duke of York were offered tickets, which they refused, but desired to subscribe. This was agreed to, but they are not to come. The Opposition ladies follow the example, but decline coming to the ball, but there will probably be some exceptions."—Cornwallis Papers.
[277]George III had fifteen children by his wife: George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830); Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827); William, Duke of Clarence (1765-1837); Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820); Ernest, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (1771-1851); Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850); Octavius (1779-1783); Alfred (1780-1782); Charlotte, afterwards Queen of Würtemburg (1766-1828); Augusta (1768-1840); Elizabeth, afterwards Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1770-1840); Mary, afterwards Duchess of Gloucester (1776-1857); Sophia (1777-1848); Amelia (1783-1810).
[277]George III had fifteen children by his wife: George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830); Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827); William, Duke of Clarence (1765-1837); Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820); Ernest, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (1771-1851); Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850); Octavius (1779-1783); Alfred (1780-1782); Charlotte, afterwards Queen of Würtemburg (1766-1828); Augusta (1768-1840); Elizabeth, afterwards Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1770-1840); Mary, afterwards Duchess of Gloucester (1776-1857); Sophia (1777-1848); Amelia (1783-1810).