OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND FROM THE REVOLUTION IN 1688 TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE THE SECOND. 14/023 BY JOHN HENEAGE JESSE. AUTHOR OF "MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1843. CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. JOHN SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. CHAPTER I. The Duke's intellectual character defined. His birth.- - - Early habits of study, and subsequent love of pleasure.- A VOL. II. - - Page 1 Character of the Duchess written by herself. Her marriage in 1699 to James Annesley, third Earl of Anglesea.-Second marriage to Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham and separation from him by act of parliament.-Her daughter by the Duke married to William Phipps, Esq., ancestor of the present Mar- quis of Normanby.-Singular anecdote of the Duchess's mo- ther, Lady Dorchester, mistress of James the Second. The Duchess's zeal in the cause of the Pretender.- Anecdote of her related by Horace Walpole.-Anecdote of Pulteney, Earl of Bath. The Duchess's efforts to interest Sir Robert Walpole in the cause of the Stuarts. Her correspondence with him.— Singular interview with Lord Hervey. Her love of pomp and display. Extract from Horace Walpole's letter to Sir Ancestors of Robert Harley.-His birth.-Offers his services to the Prince of Orange at the Revolution.-Is coldly received by him. Elected Speaker of the House of Commons. Appointed Secretary of State.-Procures the Secretaryship at War for Henry St. John.-His intrigues with Mrs. Masham. -His efforts to insinuate himself into her confidence by pro- |