T2 THE WENTWORTH PAPERS.
to sell his troop of Guards, and they give for reason that he won't be commanded by Lord Wharton, which you know is nonsence, for his being Lord Lieutenant in Ireland gives him no command here. The Person they name for buying the troop I don't think the Court will trust with it, tho' 'tis said he has promised to be a true Whig. Lord Haversham has a touch upon his change when he says the Pretender has as many friends as ever, except one, he means the Duke of Hambleton. The Torys rejoice that the Great Whigs begin allready to use Lord Treasurer as they wou'd wish to oppose him publickly in the house, particularly Lord Summers, who upon the debate of the Duke of Oueensburgh sett in the house in a double capacity, differed very much in oppinion from Lord T. — 'tis said to by them that Lord T. told the Duke of Q — that the Queen had made him Secretary of State in Scotland, and that the Duke of Q — had been to thank her Majesty, but the juncto* had power to put a stop to't, designing it for the Duke of Monross, others say the Duke of Monross is \&xy angry and says they have betray'd him, and he'll have nothing more to do with them, for he does not think 'twas ever intended for him.
Yesterday was a long day in the house of C., they were resolved to turn Sir Simon Harcourt out, right or wrong ; 'twas debated till past two in the morning, but at last they throw him out.f ....
London, /rt««^rj/ 25, 1709. Dear Brother,
I have sent you a copy of a letter I writ to my Lord Treasurer, and sent it to him last night, I shall have no oppor- tunity of seeing him till Thursday morning at his Levee, so
- The Junto was the name given to the council which ruled over the
Whig party for some twenty years without a check. It consisted of Admiral Russell, afterwards Lord Orford, and Lords Wharton, Somers, and Halifax.
t By order of the house, dated 20 January, 1709, the name of William Hucks was substituted for Sir S. Harcourt's in the return for Abingdon. In February 17 10 Sir Simon secured a seat at Cardigan.
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