FOOTNOTES
[1] It is even alleged that he had been, through his representative, M. de Gourville, at the Court of Hanover, the first to suggest the expediency of a marriage between his daughter and George Louis. The suggestion was made as coming, not only from himself, but from the Duchess of Zell also, who certainly was no party to such a proposition.
[2] Letter to the Duke of Marlborough.
[3] De Roney.
[4] Lord Hervey’s ‘Memoirs, &c., of the Court of Queen Caroline.’
[5] Lord Hervey.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Chesterfield’s ‘Life and Letters; edited by Lord Mahon.’
[8] Lord Hervey.
[9] Lord Hervey.
[10] Lord Hervey.
[11] Lord Hervey.
[12] Walpole.
[13] Lord Hervey.
[14] Lord Hervey.
[15] Lord Hervey.
[16] Now Earl Stanhope.
[17] Lord Hervey.
[18] Ibid.
[19] Lord Hervey.
[20] Lord Hervey.
[21] Lord Hervey.
[22] Lord Hervey.
[23] Lord Hervey.
[24] Lord Hervey.
[25] Lord Hervey.
[26] Lord Hervey.
[27] Copies of the original letters, in French, will be found in Lord Hervey’s volumes.
[28] These matters will be found detailed at great length, in Lord Hervey’s Memoirs.
[29] In ‘Amphitryon.’
[30] Lord Hervey.
[31] Lord Hervey.
[32] To what extent it was so can only be understood by those who peruse the Memoirs of this court by Lord Hervey.
[33] Salmon’s ‘Chronological Historian.’
[34] Suwarrow’s ‘Military Catechism’ contains the atrocious hint, that a wounded foeman may become a dangerous enemy.
[35] Hervey makes this remark, but it was originally made by Walpole.
[36] Lord Hervey.
[37] Quin played the hero.
[38] Lord Hervey’s ‘Memoirs.’
[39] This matter, only alluded to by Lord Chesterfield, is treated at very great length by Lord Hervey.
[40] Horace Walpole.
[41] Salmon’s ‘Chronological Historian.’
[42] ‘Lord Chesterfield’s Life and Letters. Edited by Lord Mahon.’
[43] ‘Lord Chesterfield’s Life and Letters;’ ut supra.
[44] Walpole.
[45] ‘Gentleman’s Magazine.’
[46] ‘Walpole’s Letters.’
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