Not one, not his own sister, Lady Tavistock, would talk to him on politics; only the Duchess said drily, that her husband was Minister, and that everything was done that he desired. Mr. Pitt had said more truly, some time before, “They will disgust the Duke of Bedford in the spring, that they may not be teazed with his solicitations; and they will sweeten him again by winter, with some trifling favour, that he may give them no trouble in Parliament.” END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. LONDON: Printed by S. & J. BENTLEY, WILSON, and FLEY, Bangor House, Shoe Lane. FOOTNOTES [1] Preface to the “Memoires of the Last Twelve Years of the Reign of George the Second,” p. xxvi. [2] Postscript to the “Memoires of George the Second,” p. 40. [3] Preface to the “Memoires of the Last Twelve Years of the Reign of George the Second,” p. xxxii. [4] Mr. Wright’s notes on Lord Chatham’s Correspondence and his edition of Cavendish’s Debates are also most useful aids to the student of English History. He died not many months ago, in circumstances which proved his labours to have been very inadequately rewarded by the public. [5] Mr. Clavering--he was a near relative of a North country baronet of the same name.--E. [6] Sir Henry Wilmot, Bart., M.D., Physician-general to the Forces, an eminent medical practitioner, and the son-in-law of Dr. Mead; he died in 1786, at a very advanced age.--E. [7] He was Serjeant-surgeon to the King, and had attended George II. at the battle of Dettingen.--E. [8] John Stuart, third Earl of Bute.--This nomination was severely criticised in publications of the day. It is treated by Mr. Adolphus as a simple nomination to the Privy Council, and is defended as such, on the ground that the Groom of the Stole had been always constituted a Privy Counsellor. This is a misconception. The empty honour of the Council could be grudged by no one to a great officer of the royal household. The real grievance was his admission into the Cabinet.--E. [9] The Duke very soon discovered his power to be gone. Lord Bute’s predilection for the Tories was undisguised, and it soon became evident that the Court had determined to break up the Whig party, the effect of which would be to reduce the Duke to insignificance. See an interesting letter from Mr. Rigby to the Duke of Bedford (19 Dec. 1760), giving an account of an interview of the former with the Duke of Newcastle.--Russell Correspondence, vol. ii. p. 467. [10] William Cavendish, fourth Duke of Devonshire, and Lord Chamberlain.