Lord Islay asked Sir R. The latter replied, he could certainly have no objection to its being public-but pray, will his grace's sending these letters to the secretaries of state Justify him from the assurances that had been given of' him? Tench was for his service, will scarce be an argument to the new ministry for making more noise about these papers.
I am sorry the boy is so uneasy at being on the foot of a servant. I will send for his mother, and ask her why she did not tell him the conditions to which we had agreed; at the same time, I will tell her that she may send any letters for him to me.
Chute, that is, to-morrow. I never was more diverted than with his letter. She died in She was married to the third Duke of Devonshire in , and died in He was created Viscount Hamilton in England in , and died unmarried in George the First gave it to Baron Bothmar, the Hanoverian minister-, for life.
On his death, George the Second offered to give it to Sir Robert Walpole; who, however, refused it, and begged of the King that it might be attached to the office of first lord of the treasury. Walpole had more than once received letters from the Pretender, making him the greatest offers, which Sir R.
James, Lord Barrymore, was an adherent of the Pretender, whereas Lawrence had been so great a supporter of the revolution, that he was attainted, and his estates sequestered by James the Second's Irish parliament, in After this transaction, and it is supposed he had gone still farther, he could with difficulty be brought even to write his name. The marriage of his eldest daughter with the Earl of Dalkeith was deferred for some time, because the duke could not be prevailed upon to sign the writings.
