The Hothams : being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers . aumont to take an opportunity ofremembering me to him, and to assure him that I shall be evermindful of his care and attention to me when under his tuition. 1 Henry, Viscount Cornbury, born 1710, third but first surviving son andheir of Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon. He was brother to the Duchess ofQueensberry, and a great-grandson of the famous Lord Chancellor was Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales in 1738. OnJanuary 2Sth, 1750, he was
The Hothams : being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers . aumont to take an opportunity ofremembering me to him, and to assure him that I shall be evermindful of his care and attention to me when under his tuition. 1 Henry, Viscount Cornbury, born 1710, third but first surviving son andheir of Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon. He was brother to the Duchess ofQueensberry, and a great-grandson of the famous Lord Chancellor was Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales in 1738. OnJanuary 2Sth, 1750, he was summoned to the House of Lords in his fathersbarony as Lord Hj^de of Hindon. He married, November, 1737, Frances,daughter of the 2nd Earl of Lichfield, but was a widower at the date of thisletter. He died six months before his father at Paris from a fall from hishorse, and was buried 12th June, 1753, in Westminster Abbey. (See alsoVol. II., page 27.) ^ His cousin, the fourth son of his uncle, Beaumont Hotham, afterwardsBaron of the Exchequer, 12th Baronet, and second Baron Hotham, ??? * ^*s^ ? ^^fv : •^V;. SIK HOTF1AM, THK 6rn BARONETGROOM OF THE BEIKHAMHER TO II AND III A FRIEND OF WHITEFIELD 271 I reckon my cousin Johni will soon be leaving Westminsterto go to either Oxford or Cambridge. . I am much concerned to find by your last that this famousBall of Monsieur de Mirepoix, after all, is not to take place ; nosmall disappointment to those who were invited to it. I canthelp being somewhat curious myself to know the cause of sosudden a change. Adieu my dear Cousin. Pray forewarn my uncle that he will soon be troubled with a letter from me, I know him to be so good that I daresay he will allow me the satisfaction of inquiring after him now and then. I am with the greatest truth Your ever affectionate Friend & humble Servant Chas. Hotham. The reason why Lord Cornbury, who passed throughMontpellier and attended the ball given by this enterprising danc
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