FOOTNOTES:[1]Camelford.[2]Diary of William Hedges, III. x.[3]Hedges, III. xii.[4]He purchased it from Lord Salisbury about 1690. Hedges, III. xxx.[5]The portrait of the Governor at Boconnoc represents him with the diamond in his hat. That at Chevening with the diamond in his own shoe.[6]Camelford.[7]Camelford.[8]Lyte's Dunster, 494.[9]This and the following extracts from the Governor's correspondence are all taken from the Dropmore Papers (Hist. MSS.).[10]Lady Suffolk's Letters, i. 101-4.[11]Camelford (italics his).[12]Camelford.[13]Dropmore Papers, i. 70.[14]Camelford.[15]Ib.[16]Dropmore Papers, i. 75.[17]Camelford.[18]Camelford.[19]Journal, ii. 45.[20]Dropmore Papers, i. 38, 41.[21]Tom Jones, Book xiii. Chapter i.[22]Life of Shelburne, i. 72.[23]Addressed: To Robert Pitt, Esqr, at Stratford, near Old Sarum, Wilts. Endorsed: 'Mr. Burchet's letter about my Sons att Eton. Febry4th, 1722.'[24]Lyttelton's Misc. Works, p. 650. 'Written at Eaton School, 1729.' The date is obviously wrong, for Pitt and Lyttelton both went to Oxford in 1726.[25]Endorsed: 'from my Son William Sept. 29th: recdOct. 10th, 1723.'[26]Endorsed: 'from Mr. Stockwell about yecharges of my Sons going to Oxon: Novr1726 ansdDecr1st.'[27]Mourning for the Governor.[28]Endorsed: 'from MrStockwell about my Son Wmfrom Oxon: Decr22dansd29th1726.'[29]Paduasoy.[30]Endorsed: 'from my Son WillmOxon Jany20thwthyeacctye100 answdye24th1726/7.'[31]Endorsed: 'from my Son WillmAprill 10thwthan acctof 3 mosexpences47050Remsin his hand9150In all5700AnswdAprill 25th, wthleave to draw for 25l.'[32]Lyttelton, Misc. Works, 665.[33]Always spelt Needham in the peerage books, always Nedham by the family and those concerned.[34]'Villiers Pitt' to William Pitt. 'Tours, June 1, 1752.' Chatham MSS.[35]Mann and Manners at the Court of Florence, i. 382.[36]'The Test' was a weekly paper published in 1756-7, written principally by Arthur Murphy, and inspired by Henry Fox, as may be seen from his letters. See too Orford, ii. 276, and Walpole to Mann, Jan. 6, 1757. There had been a previous 'Test' in 1756, of which there was published only one number, written by Charles Townshend. See Orford, ii. 218.[37]Walpole to Mann, Jan. 17, 1757.[38]To William Pitt, Oct. 10, 1751. Chatham MSS.[39]Dutens' Mémoires d'un Voyageur qui se repose, i. 31-42.[40]Tours, June 11, 1752. Villiers Pitt to W. Pitt. Chatham MSS.[41]Or 1787? as says a note in the Delany Memoirs, iv. 266. It matters little.[42]Climenson's 'Elizabeth Montagu,' ii. 53. See, too, Mrs. Montagu's Letters, vol. iii.[43]Suffolk Letters, ii. 233.[44]Camelford MS. Cf., too, William's letter of Sept. 29, 1730.[45]Thackeray, i. 158 note.[46]There is a crayon portrait of her at Boconnoc, which the writer has not seen. It 'represents the strong contemplative face of a woman well past her first prime,' and was taken, apparently, in 1765.[47]Seward's Anecdotes, ii. 355.[48]All these letters from William to Ann Pitt come from the papers at Dropmore, unless where noted otherwise.[49]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt, at Mrs. Phillips's, at Bath. T. Pitt Free.'[50]Dr. Charles Bave, a physician of the highest character at Bath. See note on Vol. I., p. 408, of Lady Suffolk's Letters.[51]This must almost certainly be Ayscough, in spite of 'Skew's' being the hereditary nickname of the Fortescue family.[52]These are probably Colonel and Mrs. Lanoe, with whom Ann appears to be staying at Bath.[53]Lyttelton's Misc. Works, 619.[54]'Mrs. Ann Pitt, at Col. Lanoe's at Bath.'[55]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt jun. at Boconnock near Bodmin Cornwall.'[56]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt at Mrs. Phillips's at Bath. T. Pitt Free.'[57]Same address.[58]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt, at Bath.'[59]Ante, p. 56.[60]Dr. Ayscough?[61]'To The HonbleMrs. Ann Pitt at St. James's House Londres.'[62]Illegible.[63]'To The HonbleMrsAnn Pitt at MrsRichard's In Pallmall, London. Angleterre.'[64]'To the HonbleMrs Ann Pitt at St. James's House London. Angleterre.'[65]'To the HonbleMrsAnn Pitt at St. James's London. Free—Will, Herbert.'[66]Doubtless his brother.[67]His brother.[68]Sir William Corbett.[69]'To The HonbleMrsAnn Pitt at St. James's London.'[70]Elected Feb. 18, 1735.[71]Doubtless his brother.[72]Lyttelton—a mere guess.[73]Doubtless his brother.[74]N.B.—Pope was at Stowe during this month. See Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 143.[75]'To the HonbleMrsPitt at Kensington House Middlesex. Free—W. Pitt.'[76]Camelford MS.[77]Recollections of Samuel Rogers, p. 104.[78]Grenville Papers, i. 13.[79]Chatham MSS.[80]Orford, i. 85.[81]His aunt.[82]Their cousin, Colonel the Hon. George Stanhope, who distinguished himself at Falkirk and Culloden.[83]Letter dated Oct. 21, 1754, in the Chatham MSS.[84]'To The Honourable Mrs. Ann Pitt, W. Pitt.'[85]Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 251.[86]Delany, iv. 156.[87]Walpole to Mann, Oct. 30, 1778.[88]Ib. May 9, 1779.[89]Delany, v. 403-5.[90]Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 234.[91]Porritt's Unreformed House of Commons, i. 35. T. Mozley when the nineteenth century was well advanced saw the constituency of Old Sarum in the person of 'a bright looking old fellow with a full rubicund face and a profusion of white hair.' Reminiscences, ii. 13.[92]Grenville Papers, i. 423.[93]Grenville Papers, i. 423-5.[94]Grenville Papers, ii. 496.[95]Ib. ii. 512.[96]Lord Dundonald in his 'Autobiography' says that it produced 20,693l.p.a.[97]Dickins and Stanton. 'An Eighteenth Century Correspondence,' 193.[98]It seems best to call this worthy, who assumed the name of Dodington, by his patronymic; for it is his own name, and the most appropriate.[99]Walpole to Mann, Feb. 25, 1750.[100]Memoirs of Lady Hester Stanhope, iii. 179.[101]See 'The New Ministry, containing a collection of all the satyrical poems, songs, &c. 1742.'[102]Phillimore's Lyttelton, 681.[103]Orford's George III. iii. 137.[104]Ballantyne's Carteret, 107.[105]Harris's Hardwicke, i. 382.[106]These expressions are taken from Hervey's Memoirs.[107]Dated Feb. 8, 1748. Bedford Correspondence, i. 320.[108]Marchmont Papers, i. 84.[109]Lord Dover's note to H. Walpole's letter of March 21, 1751.[110]Carlisle Papers (Hist. MSS.), 172.[111]Seward, ii. 362.[112]Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 151.[113]Hervey, ii. 195.[114]Hervey, ii. 80.[115]Ib. ii. 82.[116]Parl. Hist. x. 464-7.[117]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 575.[118]Life of Shelburne, i. 46.[119]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 580 note.[120]See Temperley's Essay on the causes of this war in Trans. of Royal Hist. Soc. Series II. vol. iii. p. 207.[121]Parl. Hist. x. 1284.[122]Parl. Hist. x. 1280-3.[123]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 594 note.[124]Marchmont Papers, ii. 180, note by Rose.[125]Life of Shelburne, i. 37. Seward's Anecdotes, ii. 309.[126]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 695.[127]Sir C.H. Williams, ii. 140-1.[128]Dutens' Voyage, &c., i. 142.[129]Life of Shelburne, i. 45.[130]Bishop Newton's Works, i. 93.[131]Ballantyne's Carteret, 2.[132]Seward's Anecdotes, ii. 280.[133]Marchmont Papers, i. 42, 73.[134]Wood's Essay on the Original Genius of Homer, p. vii. n. (Ed. 1775).[135]Chesterfield, v. 65.[136]Chesterfield's Letters, iv. 358.[137]Parl. Hist. xii. 416-427.[138]Harris, ii. 31.[139]Parl. Hist. xii. 561.[140]Ib. xii. 488.[141]Parl. Hist. xii. 490.[142]Parl. Hist. xii. 940 note.[143]Ib. xii. 1033.[144]Orford, Rem. 97.[145]Hervey, ii. 182, 228.[146]Holdernesse to Newcastle, Nov. 22, 1756. Add. MSS. 32869.[147]Frederick, iii. 141.[148]Martin, Hist. de France, xv. 265. Leadam, 376.[149]Sir C.H. Williams, i. 247.[150]L. Stephen, English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century, 138.[151]Parl. Hist. xiii. 136.[152]Parl. Hist. xiii. 473 (note). Cf. Phillimore, 226. But Carteret had taken the lead of the Prince's party in the House of Lords so far back as 1737.[153]Parl. Hist. xvi. 1097.[154]Fortescue, Hist. of the Army, ii. 101.[155]Marchmont Papers, i. 80.[156]Ib. i. 176.[157]To Mann, Jan. 24, 1744. Cf. Parl. Hist. xiii. 467 note.[158]Orford, ii. 132.[159]Thomson's Life of the Duchess of Marlborough, ii. 571-2.[160]Marchmont Papers, ii. 338.[161]H. Walpole to Montagu, June 24, 1746. Cf. Grenville Papers, i. 131. Camelford MS.[162]H. Walpole to Mann, June 20, 1746.[163]Marchmont Papers, i. 70.[164]Works of Sir C.H. Williams, 1822, ii. 152.[165]Glover, 30.[166]Marchmont Papers, i. 67, 172. It was said that Harrington, from an interest in Lady Yonge, wife of the actual incumbent of the office, did his best to prevent Pitt's becoming Secretary for War. Ib. 97. But there was a more majestic obstacle.[167]Parl. Hist. xiii. 1054-6.[168]Parl. Hist. xiii. 1176.[169]Parl. Hist. xiii. 1177.[170]Bedford is ranked by Newcastle among the Cobham deputation, though he was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time. Perhaps he was the honest broker.
[1]Camelford.
[1]Camelford.
[2]Diary of William Hedges, III. x.
[2]Diary of William Hedges, III. x.
[3]Hedges, III. xii.
[3]Hedges, III. xii.
[4]He purchased it from Lord Salisbury about 1690. Hedges, III. xxx.
[4]He purchased it from Lord Salisbury about 1690. Hedges, III. xxx.
[5]The portrait of the Governor at Boconnoc represents him with the diamond in his hat. That at Chevening with the diamond in his own shoe.
[5]The portrait of the Governor at Boconnoc represents him with the diamond in his hat. That at Chevening with the diamond in his own shoe.
[6]Camelford.
[6]Camelford.
[7]Camelford.
[7]Camelford.
[8]Lyte's Dunster, 494.
[8]Lyte's Dunster, 494.
[9]This and the following extracts from the Governor's correspondence are all taken from the Dropmore Papers (Hist. MSS.).
[9]This and the following extracts from the Governor's correspondence are all taken from the Dropmore Papers (Hist. MSS.).
[10]Lady Suffolk's Letters, i. 101-4.
[10]Lady Suffolk's Letters, i. 101-4.
[11]Camelford (italics his).
[11]Camelford (italics his).
[12]Camelford.
[12]Camelford.
[13]Dropmore Papers, i. 70.
[13]Dropmore Papers, i. 70.
[14]Camelford.
[14]Camelford.
[15]Ib.
[15]Ib.
[16]Dropmore Papers, i. 75.
[16]Dropmore Papers, i. 75.
[17]Camelford.
[17]Camelford.
[18]Camelford.
[18]Camelford.
[19]Journal, ii. 45.
[19]Journal, ii. 45.
[20]Dropmore Papers, i. 38, 41.
[20]Dropmore Papers, i. 38, 41.
[21]Tom Jones, Book xiii. Chapter i.
[21]Tom Jones, Book xiii. Chapter i.
[22]Life of Shelburne, i. 72.
[22]Life of Shelburne, i. 72.
[23]Addressed: To Robert Pitt, Esqr, at Stratford, near Old Sarum, Wilts. Endorsed: 'Mr. Burchet's letter about my Sons att Eton. Febry4th, 1722.'
[23]Addressed: To Robert Pitt, Esqr, at Stratford, near Old Sarum, Wilts. Endorsed: 'Mr. Burchet's letter about my Sons att Eton. Febry4th, 1722.'
[24]Lyttelton's Misc. Works, p. 650. 'Written at Eaton School, 1729.' The date is obviously wrong, for Pitt and Lyttelton both went to Oxford in 1726.
[24]Lyttelton's Misc. Works, p. 650. 'Written at Eaton School, 1729.' The date is obviously wrong, for Pitt and Lyttelton both went to Oxford in 1726.
[25]Endorsed: 'from my Son William Sept. 29th: recdOct. 10th, 1723.'
[25]Endorsed: 'from my Son William Sept. 29th: recdOct. 10th, 1723.'
[26]Endorsed: 'from Mr. Stockwell about yecharges of my Sons going to Oxon: Novr1726 ansdDecr1st.'
[26]Endorsed: 'from Mr. Stockwell about yecharges of my Sons going to Oxon: Novr1726 ansdDecr1st.'
[27]Mourning for the Governor.
[27]Mourning for the Governor.
[28]Endorsed: 'from MrStockwell about my Son Wmfrom Oxon: Decr22dansd29th1726.'
[28]Endorsed: 'from MrStockwell about my Son Wmfrom Oxon: Decr22dansd29th1726.'
[29]Paduasoy.
[29]Paduasoy.
[30]Endorsed: 'from my Son WillmOxon Jany20thwthyeacctye100 answdye24th1726/7.'
[30]Endorsed: 'from my Son WillmOxon Jany20thwthyeacctye100 answdye24th1726/7.'
[31]Endorsed: 'from my Son WillmAprill 10thwthan acctof 3 mosexpences47050Remsin his hand9150In all5700AnswdAprill 25th, wthleave to draw for 25l.'
[31]
Endorsed: 'from my Son WillmAprill 10thwthan acct
of 3 mosexpences47050Remsin his hand9150In all5700
AnswdAprill 25th, wthleave to draw for 25l.'
[32]Lyttelton, Misc. Works, 665.
[32]Lyttelton, Misc. Works, 665.
[33]Always spelt Needham in the peerage books, always Nedham by the family and those concerned.
[33]Always spelt Needham in the peerage books, always Nedham by the family and those concerned.
[34]'Villiers Pitt' to William Pitt. 'Tours, June 1, 1752.' Chatham MSS.
[34]'Villiers Pitt' to William Pitt. 'Tours, June 1, 1752.' Chatham MSS.
[35]Mann and Manners at the Court of Florence, i. 382.
[35]Mann and Manners at the Court of Florence, i. 382.
[36]'The Test' was a weekly paper published in 1756-7, written principally by Arthur Murphy, and inspired by Henry Fox, as may be seen from his letters. See too Orford, ii. 276, and Walpole to Mann, Jan. 6, 1757. There had been a previous 'Test' in 1756, of which there was published only one number, written by Charles Townshend. See Orford, ii. 218.
[36]'The Test' was a weekly paper published in 1756-7, written principally by Arthur Murphy, and inspired by Henry Fox, as may be seen from his letters. See too Orford, ii. 276, and Walpole to Mann, Jan. 6, 1757. There had been a previous 'Test' in 1756, of which there was published only one number, written by Charles Townshend. See Orford, ii. 218.
[37]Walpole to Mann, Jan. 17, 1757.
[37]Walpole to Mann, Jan. 17, 1757.
[38]To William Pitt, Oct. 10, 1751. Chatham MSS.
[38]To William Pitt, Oct. 10, 1751. Chatham MSS.
[39]Dutens' Mémoires d'un Voyageur qui se repose, i. 31-42.
[39]Dutens' Mémoires d'un Voyageur qui se repose, i. 31-42.
[40]Tours, June 11, 1752. Villiers Pitt to W. Pitt. Chatham MSS.
[40]Tours, June 11, 1752. Villiers Pitt to W. Pitt. Chatham MSS.
[41]Or 1787? as says a note in the Delany Memoirs, iv. 266. It matters little.
[41]Or 1787? as says a note in the Delany Memoirs, iv. 266. It matters little.
[42]Climenson's 'Elizabeth Montagu,' ii. 53. See, too, Mrs. Montagu's Letters, vol. iii.
[42]Climenson's 'Elizabeth Montagu,' ii. 53. See, too, Mrs. Montagu's Letters, vol. iii.
[43]Suffolk Letters, ii. 233.
[43]Suffolk Letters, ii. 233.
[44]Camelford MS. Cf., too, William's letter of Sept. 29, 1730.
[44]Camelford MS. Cf., too, William's letter of Sept. 29, 1730.
[45]Thackeray, i. 158 note.
[45]Thackeray, i. 158 note.
[46]There is a crayon portrait of her at Boconnoc, which the writer has not seen. It 'represents the strong contemplative face of a woman well past her first prime,' and was taken, apparently, in 1765.
[46]There is a crayon portrait of her at Boconnoc, which the writer has not seen. It 'represents the strong contemplative face of a woman well past her first prime,' and was taken, apparently, in 1765.
[47]Seward's Anecdotes, ii. 355.
[47]Seward's Anecdotes, ii. 355.
[48]All these letters from William to Ann Pitt come from the papers at Dropmore, unless where noted otherwise.
[48]All these letters from William to Ann Pitt come from the papers at Dropmore, unless where noted otherwise.
[49]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt, at Mrs. Phillips's, at Bath. T. Pitt Free.'
[49]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt, at Mrs. Phillips's, at Bath. T. Pitt Free.'
[50]Dr. Charles Bave, a physician of the highest character at Bath. See note on Vol. I., p. 408, of Lady Suffolk's Letters.
[50]Dr. Charles Bave, a physician of the highest character at Bath. See note on Vol. I., p. 408, of Lady Suffolk's Letters.
[51]This must almost certainly be Ayscough, in spite of 'Skew's' being the hereditary nickname of the Fortescue family.
[51]This must almost certainly be Ayscough, in spite of 'Skew's' being the hereditary nickname of the Fortescue family.
[52]These are probably Colonel and Mrs. Lanoe, with whom Ann appears to be staying at Bath.
[52]These are probably Colonel and Mrs. Lanoe, with whom Ann appears to be staying at Bath.
[53]Lyttelton's Misc. Works, 619.
[53]Lyttelton's Misc. Works, 619.
[54]'Mrs. Ann Pitt, at Col. Lanoe's at Bath.'
[54]'Mrs. Ann Pitt, at Col. Lanoe's at Bath.'
[55]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt jun. at Boconnock near Bodmin Cornwall.'
[55]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt jun. at Boconnock near Bodmin Cornwall.'
[56]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt at Mrs. Phillips's at Bath. T. Pitt Free.'
[56]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt at Mrs. Phillips's at Bath. T. Pitt Free.'
[57]Same address.
[57]Same address.
[58]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt, at Bath.'
[58]'To Mrs. Ann Pitt, at Bath.'
[59]Ante, p. 56.
[59]Ante, p. 56.
[60]Dr. Ayscough?
[60]Dr. Ayscough?
[61]'To The HonbleMrs. Ann Pitt at St. James's House Londres.'
[61]'To The HonbleMrs. Ann Pitt at St. James's House Londres.'
[62]Illegible.
[62]Illegible.
[63]'To The HonbleMrsAnn Pitt at MrsRichard's In Pallmall, London. Angleterre.'
[63]'To The HonbleMrsAnn Pitt at MrsRichard's In Pallmall, London. Angleterre.'
[64]'To the HonbleMrs Ann Pitt at St. James's House London. Angleterre.'
[64]'To the HonbleMrs Ann Pitt at St. James's House London. Angleterre.'
[65]'To the HonbleMrsAnn Pitt at St. James's London. Free—Will, Herbert.'
[65]'To the HonbleMrsAnn Pitt at St. James's London. Free—Will, Herbert.'
[66]Doubtless his brother.
[66]Doubtless his brother.
[67]His brother.
[67]His brother.
[68]Sir William Corbett.
[68]Sir William Corbett.
[69]'To The HonbleMrsAnn Pitt at St. James's London.'
[69]'To The HonbleMrsAnn Pitt at St. James's London.'
[70]Elected Feb. 18, 1735.
[70]Elected Feb. 18, 1735.
[71]Doubtless his brother.
[71]Doubtless his brother.
[72]Lyttelton—a mere guess.
[72]Lyttelton—a mere guess.
[73]Doubtless his brother.
[73]Doubtless his brother.
[74]N.B.—Pope was at Stowe during this month. See Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 143.
[74]N.B.—Pope was at Stowe during this month. See Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 143.
[75]'To the HonbleMrsPitt at Kensington House Middlesex. Free—W. Pitt.'
[75]'To the HonbleMrsPitt at Kensington House Middlesex. Free—W. Pitt.'
[76]Camelford MS.
[76]Camelford MS.
[77]Recollections of Samuel Rogers, p. 104.
[77]Recollections of Samuel Rogers, p. 104.
[78]Grenville Papers, i. 13.
[78]Grenville Papers, i. 13.
[79]Chatham MSS.
[79]Chatham MSS.
[80]Orford, i. 85.
[80]Orford, i. 85.
[81]His aunt.
[81]His aunt.
[82]Their cousin, Colonel the Hon. George Stanhope, who distinguished himself at Falkirk and Culloden.
[82]Their cousin, Colonel the Hon. George Stanhope, who distinguished himself at Falkirk and Culloden.
[83]Letter dated Oct. 21, 1754, in the Chatham MSS.
[83]Letter dated Oct. 21, 1754, in the Chatham MSS.
[84]'To The Honourable Mrs. Ann Pitt, W. Pitt.'
[84]'To The Honourable Mrs. Ann Pitt, W. Pitt.'
[85]Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 251.
[85]Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 251.
[86]Delany, iv. 156.
[86]Delany, iv. 156.
[87]Walpole to Mann, Oct. 30, 1778.
[87]Walpole to Mann, Oct. 30, 1778.
[88]Ib. May 9, 1779.
[88]Ib. May 9, 1779.
[89]Delany, v. 403-5.
[89]Delany, v. 403-5.
[90]Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 234.
[90]Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 234.
[91]Porritt's Unreformed House of Commons, i. 35. T. Mozley when the nineteenth century was well advanced saw the constituency of Old Sarum in the person of 'a bright looking old fellow with a full rubicund face and a profusion of white hair.' Reminiscences, ii. 13.
[91]Porritt's Unreformed House of Commons, i. 35. T. Mozley when the nineteenth century was well advanced saw the constituency of Old Sarum in the person of 'a bright looking old fellow with a full rubicund face and a profusion of white hair.' Reminiscences, ii. 13.
[92]Grenville Papers, i. 423.
[92]Grenville Papers, i. 423.
[93]Grenville Papers, i. 423-5.
[93]Grenville Papers, i. 423-5.
[94]Grenville Papers, ii. 496.
[94]Grenville Papers, ii. 496.
[95]Ib. ii. 512.
[95]Ib. ii. 512.
[96]Lord Dundonald in his 'Autobiography' says that it produced 20,693l.p.a.
[96]Lord Dundonald in his 'Autobiography' says that it produced 20,693l.p.a.
[97]Dickins and Stanton. 'An Eighteenth Century Correspondence,' 193.
[97]Dickins and Stanton. 'An Eighteenth Century Correspondence,' 193.
[98]It seems best to call this worthy, who assumed the name of Dodington, by his patronymic; for it is his own name, and the most appropriate.
[98]It seems best to call this worthy, who assumed the name of Dodington, by his patronymic; for it is his own name, and the most appropriate.
[99]Walpole to Mann, Feb. 25, 1750.
[99]Walpole to Mann, Feb. 25, 1750.
[100]Memoirs of Lady Hester Stanhope, iii. 179.
[100]Memoirs of Lady Hester Stanhope, iii. 179.
[101]See 'The New Ministry, containing a collection of all the satyrical poems, songs, &c. 1742.'
[101]See 'The New Ministry, containing a collection of all the satyrical poems, songs, &c. 1742.'
[102]Phillimore's Lyttelton, 681.
[102]Phillimore's Lyttelton, 681.
[103]Orford's George III. iii. 137.
[103]Orford's George III. iii. 137.
[104]Ballantyne's Carteret, 107.
[104]Ballantyne's Carteret, 107.
[105]Harris's Hardwicke, i. 382.
[105]Harris's Hardwicke, i. 382.
[106]These expressions are taken from Hervey's Memoirs.
[106]These expressions are taken from Hervey's Memoirs.
[107]Dated Feb. 8, 1748. Bedford Correspondence, i. 320.
[107]Dated Feb. 8, 1748. Bedford Correspondence, i. 320.
[108]Marchmont Papers, i. 84.
[108]Marchmont Papers, i. 84.
[109]Lord Dover's note to H. Walpole's letter of March 21, 1751.
[109]Lord Dover's note to H. Walpole's letter of March 21, 1751.
[110]Carlisle Papers (Hist. MSS.), 172.
[110]Carlisle Papers (Hist. MSS.), 172.
[111]Seward, ii. 362.
[111]Seward, ii. 362.
[112]Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 151.
[112]Lady Suffolk's Letters, ii. 151.
[113]Hervey, ii. 195.
[113]Hervey, ii. 195.
[114]Hervey, ii. 80.
[114]Hervey, ii. 80.
[115]Ib. ii. 82.
[115]Ib. ii. 82.
[116]Parl. Hist. x. 464-7.
[116]Parl. Hist. x. 464-7.
[117]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 575.
[117]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 575.
[118]Life of Shelburne, i. 46.
[118]Life of Shelburne, i. 46.
[119]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 580 note.
[119]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 580 note.
[120]See Temperley's Essay on the causes of this war in Trans. of Royal Hist. Soc. Series II. vol. iii. p. 207.
[120]See Temperley's Essay on the causes of this war in Trans. of Royal Hist. Soc. Series II. vol. iii. p. 207.
[121]Parl. Hist. x. 1284.
[121]Parl. Hist. x. 1284.
[122]Parl. Hist. x. 1280-3.
[122]Parl. Hist. x. 1280-3.
[123]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 594 note.
[123]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 594 note.
[124]Marchmont Papers, ii. 180, note by Rose.
[124]Marchmont Papers, ii. 180, note by Rose.
[125]Life of Shelburne, i. 37. Seward's Anecdotes, ii. 309.
[125]Life of Shelburne, i. 37. Seward's Anecdotes, ii. 309.
[126]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 695.
[126]Coxe's Sir R. Walpole, i. 695.
[127]Sir C.H. Williams, ii. 140-1.
[127]Sir C.H. Williams, ii. 140-1.
[128]Dutens' Voyage, &c., i. 142.
[128]Dutens' Voyage, &c., i. 142.
[129]Life of Shelburne, i. 45.
[129]Life of Shelburne, i. 45.
[130]Bishop Newton's Works, i. 93.
[130]Bishop Newton's Works, i. 93.
[131]Ballantyne's Carteret, 2.
[131]Ballantyne's Carteret, 2.
[132]Seward's Anecdotes, ii. 280.
[132]Seward's Anecdotes, ii. 280.
[133]Marchmont Papers, i. 42, 73.
[133]Marchmont Papers, i. 42, 73.
[134]Wood's Essay on the Original Genius of Homer, p. vii. n. (Ed. 1775).
[134]Wood's Essay on the Original Genius of Homer, p. vii. n. (Ed. 1775).
[135]Chesterfield, v. 65.
[135]Chesterfield, v. 65.
[136]Chesterfield's Letters, iv. 358.
[136]Chesterfield's Letters, iv. 358.
[137]Parl. Hist. xii. 416-427.
[137]Parl. Hist. xii. 416-427.
[138]Harris, ii. 31.
[138]Harris, ii. 31.
[139]Parl. Hist. xii. 561.
[139]Parl. Hist. xii. 561.
[140]Ib. xii. 488.
[140]Ib. xii. 488.
[141]Parl. Hist. xii. 490.
[141]Parl. Hist. xii. 490.
[142]Parl. Hist. xii. 940 note.
[142]Parl. Hist. xii. 940 note.
[143]Ib. xii. 1033.
[143]Ib. xii. 1033.
[144]Orford, Rem. 97.
[144]Orford, Rem. 97.
[145]Hervey, ii. 182, 228.
[145]Hervey, ii. 182, 228.
[146]Holdernesse to Newcastle, Nov. 22, 1756. Add. MSS. 32869.
[146]Holdernesse to Newcastle, Nov. 22, 1756. Add. MSS. 32869.
[147]Frederick, iii. 141.
[147]Frederick, iii. 141.
[148]Martin, Hist. de France, xv. 265. Leadam, 376.
[148]Martin, Hist. de France, xv. 265. Leadam, 376.
[149]Sir C.H. Williams, i. 247.
[149]Sir C.H. Williams, i. 247.
[150]L. Stephen, English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century, 138.
[150]L. Stephen, English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century, 138.
[151]Parl. Hist. xiii. 136.
[151]Parl. Hist. xiii. 136.
[152]Parl. Hist. xiii. 473 (note). Cf. Phillimore, 226. But Carteret had taken the lead of the Prince's party in the House of Lords so far back as 1737.
[152]Parl. Hist. xiii. 473 (note). Cf. Phillimore, 226. But Carteret had taken the lead of the Prince's party in the House of Lords so far back as 1737.
[153]Parl. Hist. xvi. 1097.
[153]Parl. Hist. xvi. 1097.
[154]Fortescue, Hist. of the Army, ii. 101.
[154]Fortescue, Hist. of the Army, ii. 101.
[155]Marchmont Papers, i. 80.
[155]Marchmont Papers, i. 80.
[156]Ib. i. 176.
[156]Ib. i. 176.
[157]To Mann, Jan. 24, 1744. Cf. Parl. Hist. xiii. 467 note.
[157]To Mann, Jan. 24, 1744. Cf. Parl. Hist. xiii. 467 note.
[158]Orford, ii. 132.
[158]Orford, ii. 132.
[159]Thomson's Life of the Duchess of Marlborough, ii. 571-2.
[159]Thomson's Life of the Duchess of Marlborough, ii. 571-2.
[160]Marchmont Papers, ii. 338.
[160]Marchmont Papers, ii. 338.
[161]H. Walpole to Montagu, June 24, 1746. Cf. Grenville Papers, i. 131. Camelford MS.
[161]H. Walpole to Montagu, June 24, 1746. Cf. Grenville Papers, i. 131. Camelford MS.
[162]H. Walpole to Mann, June 20, 1746.
[162]H. Walpole to Mann, June 20, 1746.
[163]Marchmont Papers, i. 70.
[163]Marchmont Papers, i. 70.
[164]Works of Sir C.H. Williams, 1822, ii. 152.
[164]Works of Sir C.H. Williams, 1822, ii. 152.
[165]Glover, 30.
[165]Glover, 30.
[166]Marchmont Papers, i. 67, 172. It was said that Harrington, from an interest in Lady Yonge, wife of the actual incumbent of the office, did his best to prevent Pitt's becoming Secretary for War. Ib. 97. But there was a more majestic obstacle.
[166]Marchmont Papers, i. 67, 172. It was said that Harrington, from an interest in Lady Yonge, wife of the actual incumbent of the office, did his best to prevent Pitt's becoming Secretary for War. Ib. 97. But there was a more majestic obstacle.
[167]Parl. Hist. xiii. 1054-6.
[167]Parl. Hist. xiii. 1054-6.
[168]Parl. Hist. xiii. 1176.
[168]Parl. Hist. xiii. 1176.
[169]Parl. Hist. xiii. 1177.
[169]Parl. Hist. xiii. 1177.
[170]Bedford is ranked by Newcastle among the Cobham deputation, though he was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time. Perhaps he was the honest broker.
[170]Bedford is ranked by Newcastle among the Cobham deputation, though he was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time. Perhaps he was the honest broker.