Mr Fox. Charles James Fox (1749-1806), third son of the first Baron Holland; M.P. for Malmesbury and leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons. Either out of personal regard for Fox or at the request of Lord North, Tickell does not burlesque Fox’s oratory. It is stated in the review of Anticipation in The Town and Country Magazine that Fox’s speech actually “was noticed by that gentleman in the house, who, at the same time, lamented his incapacity of making so good an harangue upon the occasion” (XI, 1779, 45). According to a note in Horace Walpole’s copy of Anticipation, “Charles Fox said, ‘he has anticipated many things I have intended to say, but I shall say them nevertheless.’”
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General Lee. Charles Lee (1731-1782), Lieutenant-Colonel in the British army; appointed Major-General by Congress, 1775; court-martialed and suspended from service for disobedience to orders and misbehavior before the enemy during the battle of Monmouth Court House, June 1778.
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the Prince of Brunswick. Either Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick (1721-1792), Commander of the English and Hanoverian forces in the Seven Years’ War; or his nephew, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (1735-1806), Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, who commanded a division in his uncle’s army. Clinton served in Germany, 1760-63, acting for a time as aide-de-camp to the Hereditary Prince.
the noble Lord who planned that expedition. Lord George Germain; see above, note to p. 31.
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Monsieur Vaugelin. Not further identified. The name is unusual and may be misspelled.
Colonel Tufnell. George Foster Tufnell. (1725-1798), M.P. for Beverly and Colonel of the East Middlesex Militia.