[52] Joseph Yorke, third son of Philip first Earl of Hardwicke, and Minister in Holland; afterwards, in 1788, created Lord Dover.
[53] Nephew of Marshal Lord Ligonier, whom he succeeded in the title.
[54] Charles, only brother of Augustus Henry, Duke of Grafton; afterwards created Baron of Southampton.
[55] Third son of Lionel Sackville, first Duke of Dorset.
[56] He had, however, already offended Mr. Pitt. The latter had offered to him the command of the expedition to St. Cas. Lord George replied, “he was tired of buccaneering.” It was to avoid that service that he had insisted on going to Germany—but Pitt did not forget the sarcasm on his expeditions.
[57] From this passage, as well as others, it is clear that our author revised his work many years after he wrote it. To this chapter, in a copy fairly transcribed, he has subjoined Oct. 28th, 1763; but in the same copy the concluding sentence of the paragraph in text does not occur.
[58] Some went so far as to suppose, that Lord George, concluding the Prince would be beaten, had a mind to have the honour of saving the Cavalry—but I know nothing to confirm that opinion.
[59] Charles Spencer, second Duke of Marlborough. He died between the expedition to St. Cas and the battle of Minden.
[60] John, younger brother of James, Earl of Waldegrave (the author of the Memoirs), whom he succeeded in the title in 1763, died Oct. 15, 1784.
[61] Lord Chesterfield wrote and published a letter to expose that infamous conduct.