London. - Regrets recent silence. Political revolution will not improve Fitzgerald's prospects; support for present administration arises merely from unpopularity of its opponents; their impudent treatment of the King. Attended the House for Lyttelton's Motion: a poor speech; Ward's was better, and [Robert Pemberton] Milnes' an enthusiastically received triumph of 'fluency neatness elegance & force, his studious reputation at Cambridge gave no hint of his powers; regrets to hear that Milnes has wagered he will be Chancellor of the Exchequer in two years. James Macdonald spoke badly. Fitzgerald's chosen pursuit of farming is more honourable than politics. Grenville anticipates an opposition of 200 at forthcoming election. Further political gossip. Omits signature in case letter miscarries. Postscript: Perceval is hastening the dissolution to divert an opposition Motion which would lead to the impeachment of the Duke of York, and the Committee of Finance report which implicates Steele and 'old Rose' as heavy defaulters.
HOUG/36/168
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27 Apr. 1807
Part of Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton
Add. MS a/77/26-113
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1805-1839
Part of Additional Manuscripts a
Part of a collection gathered by Cordelia Whewell. See also items in this box: 5-25, 114-125, and 273-323.
Franks of:
- George Hamilton-Gordon, the 4th Earl of Aberdeen
- John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp
- Thomas Howard, Viscount Andover
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Baron Ashley
- Richard Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave
- Somerset Lowry-Corry, Earl of Belmore
- Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
- Thomas Haddington, Lord Binning
- George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford
- George Augustus Frederick Henry, 2nd Earl of Bradford
- John Jeffreys Pratt, Earl of Brecknock
- Frederick William Hervey , 5th Earl of Bristol
- Charles Brudenell-Bruce, Lord Bruce
- Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Duke of Buckingham
- Marquess of Bute
- George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle
- Viscount Castlereagh
- Earl of Clanbrassil
- Edward Bligh, Lord Clifton
- Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham
- James, 2nd Baron De Saumarez
- Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill, 4th Marquess Devonshire
- Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington
- Richard Hare, Viscount Ennismore
- Baron Rt. Hon Sir Charles Long Farnborough
- Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam
- Alan Legge Gardner, 3rd Baron Gardner
- A. [Hay?]
- William Henry Ashe Holmes-à Court, 2nd Baron Heytesbury
- [Howe?]
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
- George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly
- [Jermyn?]
- Thomas Taylour, Lord Kenlis
- Edmond Henry Pery, Earl of Limerick
- Viscount Loftus
- William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale
- William Henry Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton
- [Mackintosh?]
- Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers
- Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton
- Gilbert Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto
- Henry James Scott Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton
- George Howard, Viscount Morpeth
- Henry Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles
- Thomas Spring-Rice, 1st Lord Monteagle
- [Napier?]
- Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
- Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess Northampton
- [Northwick?]
- John Savile, Viscount Pollington
- Sir Thomas William Brograve Proctor Beauchamp
- Algernon Percy, Baron Prudhoe
- Thomas Lister, 1st Baron Ribblesdale
- George, 3rd Baron Rodney
- John, 1st Baron Rolle
- Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery
- Charles Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
- [Stanley?]
- [Strathavon?]
- Thomas Howard, 16th Earl Suffolk
- William Russell, Marquess of Tavistock
- Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet
- William John Cavendish Scott Bentinck, Marquess of Tichfield
- William Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge
- Ernest Edgcumbe, Viscount Valletort
- Thomas, Baron Wallace
- James Archibald Stuart Wortley Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe
- [Wilberforce?]
- [Wilton?]
- Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester
- Charles Anderson Pelham, Baron Worsley
- Illegible signatures