[110] As to Lady Betty Germain’s bequest of Drayton to Lord George Sackville, see the letter from Lord Vere to Earl Temple of December 19, 1769, in the _Grenville Papers_ (edited by W. J. Smith, 1853, John Murray), vol. iv, p. 491. See also various references in Horace Walpole’s _Letters_ (Mrs. Paget Toynbee’s edition, Clarendon Press, 1904). In a letter to George Montagu, July 23, 1763, Walpole gives a description of Drayton, and refers to Lady Betty Germain as ‘its divine old mistress’. Drayton belonged to the Earls of Peterborough, the Mordaunt family. The daughter and heiress of the last earl married Sir John Germain, and left him the property. He married, as his second wife, Lady Elizabeth Berkeley, the Lady Betty Germain in question, and left Drayton to her, expressing a wish that if she had no children, she should leave it to one of the Sackvilles, which she accordingly did. Lady Betty Germain, whose father was Viceroy of Ireland, was a friend of Swift. [111] Letter to Sir H. Mann, February 20, 1764. The other four were Pitt (Lord Chatham), Charles Townshend, Conway, and Charles Yorke. [112] ‘I think nobody can doubt of Lord George’s resolution since he has exposed himself to the artillery of the whole town. Indeed I always believed him brave and that he sacrificed himself to sacrifice Prince Ferdinand.’ Letter to the Countess of Upper Ossory, November 23, 1775. The letter was written just as Germain was about to take office. [113] To the Honourable Henry Seymour Conway and the Countess of Ailesbury, January 15, 1775. [114] Quoted by Horace Walpole in his letter to Sir Horace Mann of March 5, 1777. [115] Carleton’s letter was dated May 20, 1777. It is quoted in full at p. 129 of the sixth volume of Kingsford’s _History of Canada_, as well as in the _Report on the Canadian Archives_ for 1885. [116] One reason alleged is that Carleton had given evidence against Germain at the latter’s court-martial. [117] This letter, with Carleton’s letter of May 20, 1777, will be found in Mr. Brymner’s _Report on the Canadian Archives_ for 1885, pp. cxxxii-vii, Note D. [118] The note to p. 474 of _Documents relating to the Constitutional History of Canada_ (Shortt and Doughty) condemns Carleton’s conduct to Germain. [119] Chief Justice Hey to the Lord Chancellor, August 28, 1775. Shortt and Doughty, p. 458. [120] Quoted in full at pp. 457-9 of the sixth volume of Kingsford’s _History of Canada_. [121] October 15, 1777. See _Canadian Archives Report_ for 1890, p. 101. It is not absolutely clear that the reference is to Livius.