The complete English peerage: or, A genealogical and historical account of the peers and peeresses of this realm, to the year 1775, inclusive . er refigned. He went ambaf-fador to the court of France, where he acquitted v/ith fpirit anddignity. On the 23d of May, 1766, he was appointed fecrctary ofHate in the room of the duke of Grafton, which poll he held till Auguftthe fame year, he was fucceeded by lord April I, 1757, he wedded Mary, daughter of Charles Bruce, lat«carl of Aylcfbury, by his lady Caroline, daughter of General John Camp-bell, now duke of Argyle, smd
The complete English peerage: or, A genealogical and historical account of the peers and peeresses of this realm, to the year 1775, inclusive . er refigned. He went ambaf-fador to the court of France, where he acquitted v/ith fpirit anddignity. On the 23d of May, 1766, he was appointed fecrctary ofHate in the room of the duke of Grafton, which poll he held till Auguftthe fame year, he was fucceeded by lord April I, 1757, he wedded Mary, daughter of Charles Bruce, lat«carl of Aylcfbury, by his lady Caroline, daughter of General John Camp-bell, now duke of Argyle, smd who is now married to General Conway. His grace having an elegant talte for the polite arts, has confiantly,.in imitation of his noble father, patronized and promoted them. 1758, he ordered a room to be opened at his houfe at,Whitehall,containing a large collection of plailler cads, from tlie bell antique:bullsand flatues at Rome and Florence, to which any painter, fculptor^carver, or ether artiJl, is allowed accefs vvithout any expcnce; and forthe encouragement of genius, he alfo annually prefcnts two medals by way J) zrjCE S. D U TC E of G R A F T O N. 8 J way of premium, to thofe who produce the tv/o bed models. Hisgraces conjugal affeftion and domeflic virtues cannct be too iiighlypraifed, whilft his patriotic fpirit is upon every occafion difplaved in thefenate, in the caufe of liberty, and the good of his country, He is abold eloquent orator, and the force of his reafoning is frequently feverelyfelt by his opponents. His chief amufement in town is tennis, a gamjwhich he frequently plays at the public Tennis-court at Whitehall. We are forry that our impartiality compels us here to mention th«errors of a female, nearly related to him. Lady S. Bs conduct has beenfo publickly canvafied, that the writer of this work mull plead his igno-rance and difqualiiication for offering fuch a produiftion to the publi. werehe to it over in filence. Her conjugal infidelit
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