[72] The King, the Princes of the Blood, and the Nobility, sent their plate to the mint.
[73] In 1766, Lord Chatham, then Privy Seal, in going down to Parliament with Lord Shelburne, the Secretary of State, in his carriage, communicated to him some intelligence which it was important should be known to the Ministry, and equally important should be concealed from the public. Soon afterwards the coach stopped at the House of Lords, and Lord Shelburne carelessly asked Lord Chatham if he meant to speak that day?—“Not after what I have told you,” was his Lordship’s answer. His companion then observed, that he did not see why that should prevent him, as the matter communicated bore no sort of relation to the question coming on in the House. “True,” said Lord Chatham; “but when my mind is full of a subject, if once I get on my legs, it is sure to run over.”—E.
[74] He said, “This is preferable to being brought to a Court-Martial.” There is a monument in Westminster Abbey to his memory, and a column in the gardens at Stowe.
[75] Robert, brother of Edward and Henry, successively Lords Digby. He died, senior Admiral of the Royal Navy, in 1814.—E.
[76] Henry Pleydell Dawnay, Viscount Downe.
[77] William, only son of William Pulteney, Earl of Bath. These three spirited young men were taken off soon after this period. Lord Downe was killed in Germany, Sir W. Williams at Belleisle, and Lord Pulteney died in Spain, on his return to England.
[78] Charles Poulet, eldest son of Harry, Duke of Bolton. He died in 1775.
[79] Not a Scot, but son of Sir Simeon Stewart, a Hampshire Knight.
[80] Richard Rigby, favourite Secretary to the Duke of Bedford, Lord Lieutenant. He was afterwards Paymaster, and died April 8, 1788.
[81] Only son of the Duke of Bedford. (I find 200 lashes in my notes, but it is not probable that they carried their severity so far for so trifling an offence.)