Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 3 (of 4)

MEMOIRS
OF THE REIGN OF
KING GEORGE THE THIRD.

VOL. III.

J. Cook, sc.

HON. CHARLES TOWNSHEND.

FROM THE ORIGINAL BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

London. Published by Richard Bentley 1845

MEMOIRS
OF THE REIGN OF
KING GEORGE THE THIRD.

By HORACE WALPOLE,
YOUNGEST SON OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD.

NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS.
EDITED, WITH NOTES,
By Sir DENIS LE MARCHANT, Bart.

VOL. III.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1845.

LONDON:
Printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, and Fley,
Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

iii

Since the publication of the preceding volumesof this work, the Editor has been favoured withsome important communications, which call for hispublic and most grateful acknowledgements.

The Duke of Bedford kindly granted him theuse of the valuable collection of letters at Woburn,left by his ancestor, John Duke of Bedford, fromwhich he should have been less sparing in his extracts,had not the publication of the concludingvolume of that nobleman’s correspondence beenexpected in the course of the present year.

The Editor’s inquiries have, in many instances,been materially assisted by the Journal and Correspondenceof Sir Gilbert Elliot—the counsellorand intimate friend of Lord Bute, and one ofthe most accomplished statesmen of his day. Hisivpapers are particularly valuable, as constituting,perhaps, the only authority which can be reliedon for the views of the Court, at a time thatit has been charged with originating a system ofunconstitutional interference with the governmentof the country. Amongst them have been preservedsome very interesting letters that passedbetween Lord Bute and Sir Gilbert, during criticalperiods of the political career of the former,which throw considerable light on his characterand intentions. Whatever benefit may have beenconferred on this work by the information thusplaced at the Editor’s disposal, is due to theliberality of the Earl of Minto, who readily consentedto the Editor’s consulting such of his grandfather’spapers as related to the early part ofGeorge the Third’s reign, adding at the same timeseveral explanations which, coming from a memberof Sir Gilbert’s family, were especially valuable.

Through the friendship of Lord Brougham, towhom the Editor is also indebted for many valuablesuggestions, access was obtained to a collection ofGeorge the Third’s Letters to Lord North, inthe possession of that nobleman’s accomplisheddaughter, Lady Charlotte Lindsay, from whichthe Editor has made rather copious extracts, illustrating,vas he conceives, very forcibly, the personalcharacter of the King, and its influence on theevents of his reign.

He has also to express his deep obligations tothe Duke of Grafton, for placing in his hands,without reserve, the autobiography of his grandfather(the Minister of George the Third), a workin itself of sufficient importance to deserve separatepublication, and the appearance of whichat an earlier period would have refuted many ofthe calumnies that have attached to the name ofits noble writer. The extracts given in the Appendixrelate, almost exclusively, to his Grace’spublic conduct during his own administration andthat of Lord Rockingham.

It had been the Editor’s intention to insert inthe Appendix the biographies of some of the statesmennoticed in these Memoirs, of whom less hashitherto been generally known than might have beenexpected from their connexion with the politics ofthe day. With this view he had prepared a lifeof Marshal Conway, and a selection from his correspondence,two volumes of which were kindlyentrusted to him by the Right Honourable SirAlexander Johnstone, from whom he also obtainedmuch interesting information respecting the Marshal’svipursuits after he quitted office. The Appendix,however, is without such an additionalready too large; but should the subject appearnot to have been exhausted, the Editor proposesto publish the materials he has collected in aseparate volume, under the title of “Notes andBiographical Sketches illustrative of the Historyof the Early Years of the Reign of George theThird.”

7, Harley Street,
July, 20, 1845.

vii

Recommend

Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 4 (of 4)

Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 2 (of 3)

Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 2 (of 4)

Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 1 (of 4)

Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 1 (of 3)

• Main
• Categories
• Contact Info

A Strange World_ A Novel. Volume 2 (of 3)

Durch den Nebel_ Roman

Esko Virtalan esittämiä kertomuksia

Little Boy

Unwelcomed Visitor

Wenn Landsleute sich begegnen, und andere Novellen

Ben Hur_ Una storia di Cristo

Alkuperäisiä kertomuksia entisiltä ajoilta I

Novellenbuch 1. Band

Prinssi ja kaunis näyttelijätär: Salapoliisikertomus

Mahtran sota

Sämtliche Werke 1-2: Rodion Raskolnikoff (Schuld und Sühne)

The American Prisoner

Les trois mousquetaires, Volume 2 (of 2)

Lips Tullian und seine Raubgenossen Eine romantische Schilderung der Thaten dieses furchtbaren Räuberhauptmanns und seiner Bande, welche im Anfange des 18. Jahrhunderts ganz Sachsen, Böhmen und Schlesien mit Furcht, Schrecken und Entsetzen erfüllte

The Bar-20 Three

Like Another Helen

Murhattu urkkija_ Salapoliisiromaani

Kun me olimme tyttöjä

The Grey Monk

Contacts About us Privacy Policy

Copyright 2019, ideabooks.net