Correspondence with the Duchess of Portland--Donnington Castle--Tunbridge Wells--Dr. Young and Colley Cibber--Buxton--Tonbridge Castle--The 1745 rising in Scotland--George Lewis Scott--National terrors--Wade’s army--County meeting at York--The Northern gentry--General Cope’s defeat at Preston Pans--Sussex privateers--Tunbridge ware--Walnut medicine--D. Stanley’s letter to Duke of Montagu--Cattle murrain--Fears of invasion--The Law regiment--Romney Marsh--A footman--A brave gamekeeper 198–226 CHAPTER VII. Correspondence with Duchess of Portland--Death of Mrs. Robinson--Lydia Botham--The Hill Street house--“Such a Johnny”--Courayer--Mr. Carter’s death--Denton estate--Elixir of vitriol and tar-water--Dr. Shaw--Young Edward Wortley Montagu--General election--Huntingdon Election--Dr. Pococke--Mrs. Theophilus Cibber--Courayer’s figure--A high and dry residence--Lady Fane’s grottoes--In search of an axletree--Winchester Cathedral--Mount Bevis--The New Forest--Wilton House--Savernake--Courayer’s letter--Matthew Robinson, M.P. for Canterbury--Lyttelton’s _Monody_--Thomas Robinson’s death--Coffee House, Bath--Cambridge--Richardson’s _Clarissa_--Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle--Spa--The Hague--James Montagu’s death--Price of tea 227–263 CHAPTER VIII. Ranelagh masquerade--Tunbridge Wells--Duke of Montagu’s death--Coombe Bank--The feather screen--Hinchinbrook--The Miss Gunnings--Chinese room in Hill Street--A parson’s children--Dowager Duchess of Chandos--Lord Pembroke’s death--The earthquake--Death of Dr. Middleton--Anniversary of Elizabeth’s wedding day--Mrs. Boscawen--Gilbert West--Barry and Garrick--Embroidered flounces--“The cousinhood”--West family--Berenger--Hildersham--Miss Maria Naylor--The “Pollard Ashe”--Mrs. Percival’s death--Dr. Shaw’s death--The Dauphin--Dr. Middleton’s works--Anne Donnellan--Nathaniel Hooke 264–296 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOL. I. MRS. MONTAGU (_née_ ELIZABETH ROBINSON) _Frontispiece_ _From a miniature by C. F. ZINCKE, in the possession of The Hon. Elizabeth Montagu, Farnham Royal. (Photogravure.)_ TO FACE PAGE MOUNT MORRIS, NEAR HYTHE, KENT 8 _From an old print, 1809._ MISS MORRIS, GRANDMOTHER OF MRS. MONTAGU 16 _From a picture (artist unknown), in the possession of the Hon. Elizabeth Montagu. (Photogravure.)_ MR. AND MRS. MATTHEW ROBINSON (MRS. MONTAGU’S FATHER AND MOTHER) 32 _From a picture by W. HAMILTON, in the possession of The Hon. Elizabeth Montagu, Farnham Royal. (Photogravure.)_