[191] Memoirs of A. M. W. Pickering.
[192] Afterwards fifth Duke of Leeds.
[193] Twiss: Life of Eldon.
[194] Ibid.
[195] "In the distribution of honours the King never forgot his own personal feelings, tho' he sometimes granted to political solicitation what was by no means agreeable to himself. The late Dr. Elliott had never been a favourite, and when Lord George Germaine requested his Majesty to confer a baronetcy on that physician, the King manifested much unwillingness, saying at length, 'But, if I do, he shall not be my physician!' 'No, sir, he shall be your Majesty's baronet and my physician.'"—Galt: George III, his Court and Family.
[196] Percy Fitzgerald: The Family of George III.
[197] Percy Anecdotes.
[198] The humble manner and language that Lord Chatham always adopted in the closet formed a fertile source of ridicule to his contemporaries. Chase Price said, "that at the levée he used to bow so low, you could see the tip of his hooked nose between his legs."—Albemarle: Memoirs of Rockingham.
[199] Peter Pindar: "Ode upon Ode; or, A Peep at St. James's."
[200] Conversations with Mr. Beckford.