[203] King George. [S.]
[204] Queen Anne. [S.]
[205] Whigs and Tories. Anagrams of Huigse and Toryes. [T. S.]
[206] Hanover. Anagrams for Deuts = Deutsch = German. [T. S.]
[207] Bremen and Lubeck. [S.]
[208] The quadruple alliance, usually accounted the most impolitic step in the reign of George I., had its rise in his anxiety for his continental dominions. [S.]
[209] Through all the reign of George I., the Whigs were in triumphant possession of the government. [S.]
[210] Sir Robert Walpole [S.]
[211] When secretary at war, Walpole received £500 from the contractors for forage; and although he alleged that it was a sum due to a third party in the contract, and only remitted through his hands, he was voted guilty of corruption, expelled the House, and sent to the Tower, by the Tory Parliament. [S.]
[212] King George II. [S.]