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

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

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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