George Selwyn : $b His letters and his lifeSelwyn, George Augustus
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George Selwyn : $b His letters and his life
Selwyn, George Augustus
Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719-1791; Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719-1791 -- Correspondence
Sackville, Viscount, see Lord George Germaine
St. John, Frederick
St. John, John; legacy from Lord Guildford
St. John, Henry; legacy from Lord Guildford
Salisbury, Bishop of
Salisbury, seventh Earl of
Salveyne
Sandwich, John George Montagu, fourth Earl of
"Sarah, Lady," see Bunbury
Sardinia, King of
Sawbridge, Mr.
Scott, General
Scott, Mr.
Seabright, Sir J.
Sefton, Lady
Selwin, Mr., banker in Paris
Selwyn, Albinia (afterwards Lady Sydney), Matson re-entailed on her
descendants
Selwyn family
Selwyn, George Augustus; importance in society, as wit, as beau,
man of fashion, bon mots, jokes fathered on, reputation; a type
of his time, life, ancestry, inheritance of social qualities,
Walpole's "famous George"; possession of Matson, description of
house; to remove gateway of Lantony Priory, schooldays,
sobriquet, holder of sinecure post, illness; recovery, at
Oxford, in Paris, harshly judged at college, no attempt to
renounce pleasure; attends Duchess of Bedford to Paris; member
of Parliament, appointed Paymaster of the Works; life
uneventful, adoption of Mie Mie, anxiety for her; grief at her
departure, at Castle Howard, at Milan; fear of losing Mie Mie,
delight in her companionship, his friends; friend of Fox,
annoyed by his recklessness, lover of the town, journey to
Yorkshire; welcome everywhere; as a politician, Parliamentary
career, personal associations; as a gossip, at executions;
anecdote of George III. and character of, by Mme. du Deffand;
francophile, a favourite in France; secret of charm of; life
comparatively simple, his death a loss to society; commences
corrrespondence with Carlisle; admiration for Mme. de Sevigne,
letters compared with Walpole's, time spent in Paris,
friendship for Carlisle; friendship with Grafton; at Vauxhall;
advises Carlisle regarding Fox's debts; the tie; praise of
Tunbridge; proposed for Royal Society; at Devonshire House;
goes to Lyons; drum at; to Ranelagh; reception in the House of
Commons; six weeks at Streatham; on loss of Minorca and St.
Kitts; deprived of office, appointed Surveyor-General of Crown
Lands; a ministerialist; ill; correspondence with Lady Carlisle
begins; advice to young men; at Richmond; reading Bampton
Lectures; last illness; death
Selwyn, Jasper
Selwyn, John, Colonel
Selwyn, John, elder brother of George
Selwyn, Mary, wife of Colonel John, woman of the bedchamber, mother
of George
Sevigne, Mme. De
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