(655) John Campbell, Lord Glenorchy, and, on his father’s death, in 1752, third Earl of Breadalbane.  His first wife was Lady Amiable Grey, eldest daughter and coheir of the Duke of Kent.  By her he had an only daughter, Jemima, who, upon the death of her grandfather, became Baroness Lucas of Crudwell, and Marchioness de Grey.  She married Philip Yorke, eldest son of the Chancellor Hardwicke, and eventually himself the second duke of that title.-D.

(656) Henry Vane, eldest son of Gilbert, second Lord Barnard, and one of the tribe who came into office upon the breaking up of Sir Robert Walpole’s administration.  He was created Earl of Darlington in 1753, and died in 1758.-D.

273 Letter 77 To Sir Horace Mann.  Downing Street, July 14, 1742.

Sir Robert Brown(657) is displaced from being paymaster of something, I forget what, for Sir Charles Gilmour, a friend of Lord Tweedale.(658) Nee Finch (659) is made groom of the bedchamber, which was vacant; and Will Finch (660) vice chamberlain, which was not vacant; but they have emptied it of Lord Sidney Beauclerc.(661) Boone is made commissary-general, in Hurley’s room, and JefFries(662) in Will Stuart’s.  All these have been kissing hands to-day, headed by the Earl of Bath.  He went into the King the other day “,it this’long list, but was told shortly, that unless he would take up his patent and quit the House of Commons, nothing should be done-he has consented.  I made some of them very angry; for when they told me who had kissed hands, I asked, if the Pretender had kissed hands too, for being King?  I forgot to tell you, that Murray is to be solicitor-general, in Sir John Strange’s place, who is made chief justice, or some such thing.(663)

I don’t know who it was that said it, but it was a very good answer to one who asked why Lord Gower had not kissed hands sooner—­“the Dispensation was not come from Rome."(664)

I am writing to you up to the ears in packing:  Lord Wilmington has lent this house to Sandys, and he has given us instant warning; we are moving as fast as possible to Siberia,-Sir Robert has a house there, within a few mile,, of the Duke of Courland; in short, child, we are all going to Norfolk, till we can get a house ready in town:  all the furniture is taken down, and lying about in confusion.  I look like St. John in the Isle of Patmos, writing revelations, and prophesying “Woe! woe! woe! the kingdom of desolation is at hand!” -indeed, I have prettier animals about me, than he ever dreamed of:  here is the dear Patapan, and a little Vandyke cat, with black whiskers -ind boots; you would swear it was of a very ancient family, in the West of England, famous for their loyalty.

I told you I was going to the masquerade at Ranelagh gardens, last week:  it was miserable; there were but an hundred men, six women, and two shepherdesses.  The King liked it,—­and that he might not be known, they had dressed him a box with red damask!  Lady Pomfret and her three daughters were there, all dressed alike, that they might not be known.  My Lady said to Lady Bel Finch,(665) who was dressed like a nun, and for coolness had cut off the nose of her mask, “Madam, you are the first nun that ever I saw without a nose!”