Letter from Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Scope and Content

Concerns political gossip and speculation about the situation of the Court; Lord Bute's influence at Court; the King's ambivalence about the current Adminstration; Lord Hardwicke; Lord Mansfield; his wish to see the 4th Duke in leadership with Pitt again; Mr Pitt's meeting with Lord Lincoln; the Duke of Grafton's account of Mr Pitt; Lord Bessborough; Lord Mansfield's friendship with the Attorney General; visits to Chatsworth. Written from Claremont. Signed: "Holles Newcastle". Marked "very private".

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