[Illustration: LADY HESTER STANHOPE IN HER SALOON London, Henry Colburn, 1845] MEMOIRS OF THE LADY HESTER STANHOPE, AS RELATED BY HERSELF IN CONVERSATIONS WITH HER PHYSICIAN; COMPRISING HER OPINIONS AND ANECDOTES OF SOME OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PERSONS OF HER TIME. All such writings and discourses as touch no man will mend no man.――TYERS’S _Rhapsody on Pope_. Second Edition. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1846. FREDERICK SHOBERL, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, 51, RUPERT STREET, HAYMARKET, LONDON. CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. CHAPTER I. Lady Hester Stanhope’s descent――The Author’s first introduction to her――Her reasons for quitting England――Anecdotes of her childhood and womanhood――Her motives for going to live with Mr. Pitt――Mr. Pitt’s opinion of Tom Paine――Lady Hester noticed by George III.――Anecdote of Sir A. H.――Of Lord G.――Of Lord A.――Impertinent questioners――Anecdote of the Marquis * * *――Mr. Pitt’s confidence in Lady Hester’s discretion――and in her devotion to him――His opinion of her cleverness, and of her military and diplomatic abilities――Her tirade against doctors――Her reflections on prudery――Anecdote of General Moore――Of the Duc de Blacas, &c. 1 CHAPTER II. Sir Nathaniel Wraxall’s Memoirs――The three duchesses――Anecdote of Mr. Rice――How Prime Ministers are employed on first taking office――The Grenville make――P―――― of W―――― at Stowe――Mr. Pitt and Mr. Sheridan―― Duke of H―――― ――Mr. Pitt’s disinterestedness exemplified――His life wasted in the service of his country――Mr. Rose――Mr. Long――Mr.―――― ――Grounds at Walmer laid out by Lady Hester――Mr. Pitt’s deportment in retirement――His physiognomy――How he got into debt――Lord Carrington; why made a peer――Extent of Mr. Dundas’s influence over Mr. Pitt――Mr. Pitt averse to ceremony――Mr. Pitt and his sister Harriet――His dislike to the Bourbons――Lady Hester’s activity at Walmer――Lord Chatham’s indolence――Mr. Pitt’s opinion of Sir Arthur Wellesley 45 CHAPTER III.