FOOTNOTES TO BOOK III, CHAPTER VI:
[53] Coxe’s Life of Walpole.
[54] This daughter was eventually given the rank of earl’s daughter, and married Mr. Churchill, a son of General Churchill. Walpole married Maria Skerrett after his wife’s death, but she died soon after her marriage.
[55] Dr. King’s Anecdotes of My Own Time.
[56] Parliamentary History, vol. viii., p. 1,185.
[57] Dr. King’s Anecdotes of My Own Time.
[58] Daily Courant, 2nd February, 1730.
[59] Hooker’s Miscellany, 6th August, 1735.
[60] Daily Post, 1st September, 1736.
[61] Weekly Journal, 8th May, 1736.