the death of Lord Godolphin determines him to reside abroad, 247; his request to see the Queen before his departure refused, 248; furnished with a passport by his secret friend Lord Bolingbroke, 248; his steady correspondence with his friends, 307; refuses to approve of the Peace of Utrecht, or abandon his desire for the Hanoverian succession, 307; sees the cabals of his native country reflected in the Court of Hanover, 307; returns to England shortly after the death of Queen Anne, 308; witnesses the triumph of the Whigs on their return to power at the accession of George I., 308; reproached by the Duchess for no longer taking an active part in public affairs, 308; attacked with paralysis which deprives him of speech and recollection, 308; his death (in 1722), 308; his gentleness and devotion towards his wife and children, 309; how he governed his imperious consort, 309; the testimony of respect shown to his memory by the Duchess refusing offers of marriage from Lord Coningsby and the Duke of Somerset, 309. MASHAM, Mrs. (afterwards Lady), her origin, related to the Duchess of Marlborough and Harley, 221; appointed bed-chamber woman to the Queen, 221; married to Masham when Abigail Hill, 221; her lowly, supple, artful character, 222; her servile, humble, gentle and pliant manner towards the Queen, 224; coincides with Anne in political and religious opinions, 224; strives to sap the power and credit of the Whigs and to displace Marlborough, 225; after an altercation with the Duchess, the Queen gives her entire confidence to Mrs. Masham, 226; ever on the watch to turn such disagreements to skilful account, 227; gradually worms herself into the Queen's affections and undermines the Mistress of the Robes, 227; the petty and ungrateful conduct of the bed-chamber woman, 227; mean and paltry instances of treachery to her benefactress, 227; the upstart favourite exhibits all the scorn and insolence of her nature, 229; an instance of Mrs. Masham's stinging impertinence towards the Duchess, 230; the influence of the favourite, 233.