[249] Lord George Germain.
[250] John Frederick, third Duke of Dorset, who succeeded his uncle in 1769, was appointed Ambassador at Paris in 1783. He died in 1799.
[251] Probably refers to Lord George Germain, who was M.P. for East Grinstead, and possessed estates in Sussex. See note to Letter 181.
[252] See note to Letter 209.
[253] The Russian Ambassador in London.
[254] Probably the Cambridges of Twickenham.
[255] ibbon was M.P. for Liskeard.
[256] Parliament was dissolved on September 30, "six months before its natural death.... The chief motive is supposed to be the ugly state of North America, and the effects that a cross winter might have on the next elections" (Walpole to Mann, October 6, 1774). The result of the elections was, on the whole, favourable to Lord North.
[257] Lord G. Cavendish and Godfrey Bagnal Clarke were elected members for Derbyshire.
[258] Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, with Lord G. H. Lennox, was returned for Sussex.