London, Ju/ic i, 171 1. Dear Brother,
Wednesday morning I had your letter the 5th June, where you take notice that you want my letter of the i8th, but at the same time you own Mr. Powel told you what the Duke of Shrewsbury said to me, and in some of my others since I have repeated it to you : but since you are so obliging as to say for my letters you don't grudge postage, tho' they are dearer then at Berlin, I shall writ with pleasure every post. Last post I writ you word that I deliver'd your letter to the Duke of Shrewsbury, there was a great deal of com- pany with him so he did not open it, but told me he heard he shou'd see you very soon. Lord Windsor was there who by the by I believe is stiring about to make interest to be made an English Peer; I found him yesterday at Kingsenton, and he's a little provocak't at the report of Sir Richard Child's being to make a lord,* tho' he's to pay ;^ 10,000 for't, for he says that's begining too soon to be like the Dutchess of
M to doe any thing for mony, making a man that's no
Gentleman a lord. They talk that Lord Pawlet will be lord
Steward, and the Duke of B President, but for that
change he has made a further bargain that his Dutchess shall be Lady of the Bedchamber. I believe they will defer ordering your patent till you come over so I hope you will make what hast you can, or at least if business happens that you can't come as soon as they seem to expect, you will writ to let them know it, that there may be no handle for delay. This is only a fancy of my own, I have had no intimation of any such thing from any body, only what I have told you
that the Duke of S told me we shou'd see you here very
soon. By the talk of every body you shou'd now be upon the Sea for England, but I won't take that pretext to miss writing for I will writ every post till I see you. 'Tis talk't that liritain is to be Envoy in Spain in the room of Craggs, Mr. Secretary
- Child was member for Maldon in 1708, afterwards for Essex; he
was made Lord Castlcmaine in 1718. Lord Straft'ord bought his house in St. James's Square.
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