(491) Daughter of Evelyn, Duke of Kingston, by his second wife.

(492) Lady Mary, in a letter to her daughter, of the 23d of July, 1753, says, “The death of Lady Carolina naturally raises the mortifying reflection, on how slender a thread hangs all worldly prosperity!  I cannot say I am otherwise much touched with it.  It is true she was my sister, as it were, and in some sense; but her behaviour to me never gave me any love, nor her general conduct any esteem."-E.

(493) This was the great Oxfordshire contest between the Jacobites and the Whigs.  The candidates of the former party were Viscount Wenman and Sir Edward Turner, Bart. those of the latter, Viscount Parker, eldest son of the Earl of Macclesfield, and Sir James Dashwood, Bart.  Great sums were spent on both sides:  in the election the Jacobites carried it; but on petition to the House of Commons, the ministers, as usual, seated their own friends.-D.

(494) Sackville Tufton, eighth Earl of Thanet.-D.

(495) Sir James Lowther had succeeded his collateral relation, Henry, third Viscount Lonsdale, in his vast estates.  He became afterwards remarkable for his eccentricities, and we fear, we must add, for his tyranny and cruelty.  Mr. Pitt created him Earl of Lonsdale, in the year 1784.  He died in 1802.-D. [In 1782, he offered to build, and Completely furnish and man, a ship of war of seventy guns for the service of the country at his own expense; but the proposal, though sanctioned by the King, was rendered unnecessary to be carried into execution by the peace.]

212 Letter 104 To George Montagu, Esq.  Strawberry Hill, Saturday, June 8, 1754.

By my computation you are about returned to Greatworth:  I was so afraid of my letters missing you on the road, that I deferred till now telling you how much pleasure I shall have in seeing you and the Colonel at Strawberry.  I have long been mortified that for these three years you have seen it only in winter:  it is now in the height of its greenth, blueth, gloomth, honey-suckle and seringahood.  I have no engagement till Wednesday se’nnight, when I am obliged to be in town on law business.  You will have this to-morrow night; if I receive a letter, which I beg you will direct to London, on Tuesday or Wednesday, I will meet you here whatever day you will be so good as to appoint.  I thank the Colonel a thousand times.  I cannot write a word more; for I am getting into the chaise to whisk to the Vine for two days, but shall be in town on Tuesday night.  Adieu!

213 Letter 105 To George Montagu, Esq.  Strawberry Hill, June 29, 1754.

I shall take care to send your letter the first time I write to Mr. Bentley.  It is above a fortnight since I heard from him.  I am much disappointed at not having seen you yet; I love you should execute your intentions while you intend them, because you are a little apt to alter your mind, and as I have set mine on your seeing Strawberry Hill this summer, while it is in its beauty, you will really mortify me by changing your purpose.