[84] “Bland Burges Papers,” 60, 61.
[85] “Life of William Pitt,” by Henry Cleland (1807).
[86] As a rule, Lowther exacted strict obedience from his nominees. In 1788 he compelled them to vote against Pitt on the Regency Question.
[87] Hansard, cliii, 1056, 1057.
[88] Porritt, i, 315–7.
[89] Burke, “Thoughts on the present Discontents” (1770).
[90] For details of bribery see May, “Constitutional History,” i, 313–27; Porritt, i, 414–20.
[91] “Life of Romilly,” i, 141.
[92] “Memorials of Fox,” ii, 37, 38.
[93] Selwyn, p. 140.