[159] Wills Hill (1718-1793), succeeded as second Viscount Hillsborough 1742, created Irish Earl 1751, and Marquis of Downshire 1789.

[160] Bancroft: History of the American Revolution.

[161] Speech on American Taxation, 1774.

[162] Trevelyan: Early Life of Charles James Fox.

[163] "I am grieved to observe that the landed interest is almost altogether anti-American, though the common people hold the war in abhorrence, and the merchants and tradesmen, for obvious reasons, are likewise against it."—Lord Camden to Lord Chatham, February, 1775.

[164] Recollections and Reflections.

[165] Correspondence of George III with Lord North.

[166] Nicholls: Recollections and Reflections.

[167] George Selwyn: His Life and Letters.

[168] Nicholls: Reflections Personal and Political.