. Anne Seymour Damer. A woman of art and fashion, 1748-1828 . n theHouse of Commons that the people of Englandwere convinced of the folly of continuing thiswar. In 1782 he therefore moved an Address tothe Throne, praying that the war on the Con-tinent of North America might no longer bepursued for the impracticable purpose of reduc-ing the inhabitants of that country to 1766 he had foretold the mischief that Gren-villes fatal Stamp Act would occasion, and theeffect of his speech was incredible/ wrote Wal-pole. It proved fatal to Lord Norths admini-stration, as on this motion Lord
. Anne Seymour Damer. A woman of art and fashion, 1748-1828 . n theHouse of Commons that the people of Englandwere convinced of the folly of continuing thiswar. In 1782 he therefore moved an Address tothe Throne, praying that the war on the Con-tinent of North America might no longer bepursued for the impracticable purpose of reduc-ing the inhabitants of that country to 1766 he had foretold the mischief that Gren-villes fatal Stamp Act would occasion, and theeffect of his speech was incredible/ wrote Wal-pole. It proved fatal to Lord Norths admini-stration, as on this motion Lord Norths majoritywas reduced to the extraordinary figure of one,the numbers being 194 to 193. On the decisionLord North resigned, and in November the Com-missioners signed the preliminaries of peace,Great Britain reserving only Canada and New-foundland on the American continent. The American colonies were irrevocably gone,and the creation of the United States was aturning-point in the worlds history. After thisbrilliant success, which Charles James Fox de- 14. HEB FATHER scribed as saving his country/ General Conwayretired altogether from public life, passing hisremaining years in peaceful tranquillity, in beauti-fying his charming estate, Park Place, at Henley,and in cultivating science and literature. He wrote a comedy entitled False Appear-ances, which was performed by a talented com-pany of amateurs at the Duke of Richmondshouse, his daughter, Mrs. Darner, speaking theepilogue with inimitable spirit and grace. Thisplay was afterwards produced at Drury Lane,where it met with some success. He died at Park Place on July 9, 1795, havingonly returned from his London house (ConwayHouse, Soho) on the preceding day; he wasdeeply mourned by his widow and daughter andhis large circle of friends. Writing to MissBerry, Mrs. Darner expresses her apprehension asto how Horace Walpole would bear the bad news : He never seemed to apprehend it. He did notlong survive his old friend, dying in L
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