[302]. See some curious letters in the Coxe MSS., vol. xliii. p. 70.

[303]. Burke’s Extinct Peerage, art. Coningsby.

[304]. By Frances, daughter of the Earl of Ranelagh.

[305]. Oct. 8, 1722. The Duke died June 16, 1722.

[306]. Coxe MSS., vol. xliii. p. 70.

[307]. Coxe MSS., vol. xliii. p. 71.

[308]. Coxe.

[309]. Private Correspondence, p. 206. Letter from Mr. Maynwaring to the Duchess.

[310]. Ibid. See also Horace Walpole’s Letters.

[311]. Burke’s Peerage, art. Somerset.