NEWCASTLE HOUSE, Feb. 24, 1764.
Duke of Newcastle to the Hon. Charles Yorke [N. 271, f. 83.] [After expressing his renewed anxiety at the unfavourable accounts of Lord Hardwicke, he continues] The Duke of Newcastle just called upon Mr Pitt, who still keeps his bed, to tell him that he had executed his commission to Mr Yorke, which was very kindly and properly received. Mr Pitt repeated last night to the Duke of Devonshire (if possible) in stronger terms than he did to me, his great approbation of and satisfaction with Mr Yorke's conduct. He said very properly and very strongly, talking of the future proceedings, that nothing must be proposed which could either renew former points in which we might have differed amongst ourselves, or bring on any point on which we could possibly differ now. Mr Pitt said he could not presume to send for Mr Yorke, but that he had left word with his porter that, whenever Mr Yorke did him the honour to call, he should be let in, and Mr Pitt would be very glad to see him.
[Charles Yorke replies the same day (N. 271, f. 85) thanking the Duke for his kind offices and announcing his intention of visiting Pitt as soon as his present state of indisposition will allow him.]
Lord Royston to the Hon. Charles Yorke
[H. 13, f. 61.]
DEAR BROTHER,...
ST JAMES'S SQUARE, March 6th, 1764.
I suppose you will have heard from Harrison that this grievous stroke is fallen; God's will be done but we shall all feel it severely.... When I was at Grosvenor Square, I went in to kiss my dear and honoured Father for the last time, and did not think then that he could hold out many hours.
Yours affectionately and most afflicted
Hon. Charles Yorke to Lord Royston
When I was in Grosvenor Square this morning, I thought the struggle could not last many hours. He had the felicity to expire without pain. In every light the loss is inexpressible; to the public in many ways, but at this time most especially to his family. But the hand of God has kindly removed him suo tempore, alieno Reipublicae*.
* Lord Hardwicke's death was indeed a very great loss to his family. Had he lived two or three years longer,-which from his appearance [in] the summer [of] 1763 there was the greatest prospect of,-it would have fixed my brother's fortunes, allowing that other contingencies had been the same. H.
Major-General the Hon. Sir Joseph Yorke to Lord Royston
My heart is too full to say much. God's will be done. The stroke is a heavy one tho', as you say, long expected. Indeed, from the first moment I heard our ever to be honoured and beloved Father had relapsed, I inwardly despaired of his recovery and endeavoured to prepare my mind for so severe a separation, which sinks deep into it. When I reflect upon all we owe him and me in particular, a tender concern gets the better of me and the void in my life seems impossible to be filled. His worth, his merit, his long services were for me the foundation of my fortune and success. He is gone, alas, and I must submit....
The career of a great and good man must needs close thus, amidst grief and the bitter feelings of personal bereavement. But it is not with a sense of loss, but rather of gain, as of a possession for all time, that we ourselves lay down the history of his life.
Like the great masterpieces of the art of Greece it was complete, consistent, and symmetrical, expressed in a few broad and simple lines, and with all the balance and sobriety of classic inspiration. There was perfect unison and proportion in all its parts; in none was there any excess or extravagance.
Moreover, just as the figures of that ancient art present themselves to the spectator, with no side movements or flexions of the limbs to detract from their pristine majesty and dignity, so does this great man, in his life and personality, in which were no starts or turns, no inconsistencies which demand explanation or palliation, no lights or shades which require adjustment, face posterity, with the same grandeur and simplicity of motive, with the same finality, clearness and completeness, and with the same calmness, certainty and repose.
These are qualities which could not have existed without great strength and inflexible courage, fortified by the firmest religious faith, by the consciousness of right, and by a sufficiency to stand alone.
Thus the ideal set forth by the prophet of the Hebrews was in some way realised—“And a man shall be as an hiding place from
the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land1."
Seldom has any man, on reaching the term of his existence, been able to look back at so complete an accomplishment of the destiny which he was sent into the world to fulfil. His life had been warped by no blighting forces, had been fettered or hindered by no injurious influences, but had proceeded from the first to its full developement and fruition.
"That continuous state
Of ordered impulse mariners await
In some benignant and enriching wind,
The breath ordained by Nature?."
His life had flowed from its source like the clear, free waters of a great river, with ever widening and deepening stream, till at length it joined the ocean.
"O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream
My great example, as it is my theme;
Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull;
Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full3."
1 Isaiah xxxii. 2.
3 Denham, Cooper's Hill.
2 Lines on the Duke of Wellington by B. Disraeli.
Abbot, Archbishop, on the powers of
physicians, i 553
Abercromby, General James, H. disap-
proves of command given to, iii 198 n.;
Joseph Yorke's opinion of, iii 198;
failure at Fort Ticonderoga, iii 137, 198n.
Abjuration, Oath of, excludes Jews from
H. of Commons, ii 129
Abney, Sir Thomas, judge, death from
gaol fever, i 80
Abreu, Spanish minister in England, ii 250;
Fox discusses project of exchanging
Gibraltar for Minorca with, ii 305;
note of and Pitt's reply to, iii 144;
disavowed by Charles III of Spain,
iii 151; correspondence, iii 122 n.
Acapulco, capture of galleon from, i 330
Acceptance, verbal, i 129
Accountant-General, order of H. defining
charges of, ii 517
Acton, Catherine, see Gibbon, Catherine
Acton, Richard, i 34
Adams,
opinion in the Lords against
Lord Chancellor Henley's decree in
Drury v. Drury, iii 389
Addington, Dr, attends Mrs Charles Yorke,
ii 590; prescription of, ii 592
Adlington v. Cann, ii 427, 495, 505 n.
Aequitas sequitur legem, rule of, ii 437,
438, 450; limits of, ii 441-2
Affry, Louis, Count D', French ambas-
sador at the Hague, Col. Yorke rejects
paper of, i 116 n.; George II's appli-
cation to Vienna for terms communi-
cated to, iii 173; Gen. Yorke's nego-
tiations and interviews with, i 145,
243; failure of, iii 145; describes Joseph
Yorke to Choiseul, ii 152
Agent or trustee, notice to an, ii 448
Agreement, binding character of, even
when made in supposition of a right
which does not exist, ii 452
Aguesseau, D', Chancellor of France,
note on, ii 170; complaints of his de-
lays, ii 510n.; conversation with Charles
Yorke, ii 170, 488
Aiguillon, Duc d', negotiations with Lord
Howe, iii 144
Aix-la-Chapelle, peace of, i 627 sqq.,
632 sqq.; terms of, i 633; causes of
the French making, i 654, ii 15, 21;
results, i 633; begins a new period,
ii 1
Albemarle, 2nd Earl of, note on, i 510,
ii 167; at Fontenoy, i 404; praises
Joseph Yorke's conduct at Fontenoy,
ii 148; ambassador at Paris and neglects
his duties, i 149; absence from Paris,
ii 150; death of, ii 256
Albemarle, George, 3rd Earl of (Lord
Bury), note on, 410; brings news of
Culloden, i 521; victory at Havannah,
iii 419
Allen, Ralph, of Prior Park, i 96; hos-
pitality of, ii 196; his visitors, ii 144;
Pitt, Charles Yorke and Warburton,
iii 364; correspondence, iii 478
Alva, Duke of, maxim of, iii 247
Ambassadors, privileges of, i 140; cases
concerning decided by H., ii 464; the
Chancellor's and Chief Justices' juris-
diction over offenders against, ii 418
Ambler, Charles, Reports, i 431 n.;
tribute to H.'s greatness, ii 526
Amelia, Princess, chief mourner at Queen
Caroline's funeral, i 182; attends Lord
Lovat's trial, i 583, 585; on battle of
Lauffeld, i 647; joins the D. of Cum-
berland's faction, ii 87 n.; cabals of, ii
39, 41, 44, 46, 47, 113, 114, 119 n., 181;
supporter of Fox, ii 188; refuses H. a key
of Richmond Park, ii 46; suits against
for closing Richmond Park, ii 308 n.;
anxiety on the D. of Cumberland's
account, iii 164, 181; conversation with
H. on the Princess of Hesse, ii 222; dis-
approves of Bute's appointment to Groom
of the Stole, ii 315; angry conversation
with the Princess of Wales, ii 307; rage
against Fox, iii 401; renewed friendship
with N., H. on, ili 401, 433; on Bute's
resumption of influence over George III,
iii 508; correspondence, i 397, ii 395
Amelot, Jean Jacques, French Minister of
State, i 269
America, taxation of, H. Pelham dissuaded
from by H. and N., ii 8
Ames, Joseph, inscribes his Typographical
Antiquities to H., ii 561
Amherst, Jeffrey, later Baron, note on,
iii 198; merits urged by Col. Joseph
Yorke, i 114, 198, 237 sqq.; Wolfe's
opinion of, iii 114 2.; account of the
retreat to Stade, reference to, iii 119 n.;
advancement of, iii 113; at conquest of
Cape Breton 1758, iii 137; campaign
in Canada 1759, iii 138; on his victory
at Montreal, iii 152, 247; correspond-
ence, iii 247
Anabaptists at Dover, i 20
Ancaster, 3rd Duke of, Lord Chamberlain,
at Cabinet Council, ii 191
Ancram, Lord (afterwards 4th Marquis of
Lothian), wounded at Fontenoy, note
on, i 393; pursues fugitives from Cul-
loden, 524
Andrews, Capt. of the "Defiance," killed
in battle off Minorca, ii 293
Anesty, Richard de, lawsuit of, ii 74
Anglesey, Lord, decree of H. in personam,
ii 461
Anglesey case, Lord Mansfield's conduct
of, criticised, ii 512
Anhalt-Dessau, Prince Leopold of (Der
Alte Dessauer), note on, iii 225
Anhalt-Zerbst, Dow. -Princess of, passion for
intrigues, iii 22 n., 65; correspondence
with Joseph Yorke, iii 22, 65 sqq.
Animadversions upon the Recent Laws of
England, ii 503
Annaly, Lord, Reports of, i 121 N.,
Anne, Queen, speech on accession, iii 262;
grant from her civil list for the war, iii 246
Anne, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange,
i 173 n.; Regent of the Netherlands,
situation and character of, ii 32; meeting
with the King, 1748, i 656; good
relations of Joseph Yorke with, ii 152,
575; eulogy of H., ii 411; remonstrance on
the attitude of England towards Holland,
iii 232; begs for H.'s support and
advice, iii 170; letter to H. appealing
for assistance for the maintenance of the
barrier, 37; gratitude to H. for sup-
port, iii 231; death of, iii 232; corre-
spondence, i 638, 652, ii 395, iii 232
Anonymous letters to H., ii 208
Anson, George, Admiral, Lord, note on,
i 346; about to start on his "
voyage," i
245 and n.; return and letter to H. on,
i 330, 346; procession of his men with
the treasure taken, i 349; M.P. for
Hedon, ii 156; advanced by H., ii 155;
marriage to H.'s daughter, i 639 n.,
678; created Baron Anson, i 639 n., ii
155; residences of, i 158; Lord
Sandwich leaves the direction of the
Navy to, iii 114 n.; appointed President
of the Board of Admiralty, ii 42; his
great character and abilities, ii 156;
famous naval administration of, ii 156,
iii 114 naval reforms, creates the
marines, ii 156; independence in naval
matters, i 310; resists solicitations, ii
157; distaste for correspondence, ii
157, 393; distaste for politics, ii 156-7;
advice to Hawke to avoid councils of
war, iii 286; "mistakes in manner" of,
H.endeavours to rectify, iii 159; private
generosity of, ii 157; victory off Cape
Finisterre, i 625, 639; present at Cabinet
Council at Henry Pelham's death, ii
191; to rebuke Legge for ridiculing N.,
ii 197 n.; urges organisation of the
Colonies in their defence before out-
break of the war, ii 256 n.; raises the
distinguished officers of the next genera-
tion, ii 157, iii 114; unfortunate choice
of Byng, ii 157; responsibility for loss
of Minorca, ii 268 sqq., 350 sqq. ; advises
N. to keep fleets in home waters, ii 268;
eulogised by H. Walpole, ii 268; abused
by Walpole, ii 269; abused by Pitt, ii
273, 351; complimented by Pitt, ii 289;
management of the Navy censured by
Pitt, ii 333; resignation of, ii 280; H.'s
concern for, ii 334; H. takes the lead in
organising defence of, ii 353 sqq.; de-
fended by Lord Royston, ii 347, 351;
reappointed First Lord of the Ad-
miralty through H.'s influence, ii 370,
403, iii 114; Pitt and Bute concur in, ii
404; Lord Lyttelton's congratulations,
ii 412; George II desires reinstatement
of, ii 401, 403, 404; justification of, ii
353, 372, 405; House of Commons in-
quiry, ii 351; plans of adopted by Pitt
on obtaining office, 1756, ii 362; con-
ference with Legge, ii 391; recommends
Wolfe for promotion, iii 114 n.; com-
plaints of N.'s Admiralty appointments,
iii 31; on the Army, iii 215; opposed to
Pitt's policy of separate expeditions, iii
117 n.; thinks attempt against Roche-
fort practicable, iii 189; exercises the
fleet, iii 217; on prospects at Louisburg,
iii 216, 218; on Joseph Yorke, ii 151;
sent on a mission to N. by H. on the
affair of the "Inconnue," iii 87; opinion
of doctors, ii 594; grief at loss of his wife,
ii 580; produces a state of the fleet at
Cabinet of August 24, 1761, iii 272;
opposes declaration of war against
Spain at meeting of Cabinet, October 2,
1761, iii 279; conquest of Havannah
planned by, iii 295, 373, 418; Mrs
Delany's praise of, ii 158 n.; testi-
monies to his merits, iii 259-60; H.'s
character of, i 678, ii 157, iii 418; Pitt's
tardy eulogy of, ii 352; correspondence,
ii 163, 284, 293, 354, 357, 393, 403,
593, iii 87, 186, 215 sqq., 253
Anson, Lady, see Yorke, Lady Elizabeth
Anson, Thomas, i 425
Anstis, John, Garter, arranges procession
of Lord High Steward, 1746, i 559 n.
Anstis, George, case of, 510
Antwerp, captured by the French, i 625
Antwerp Inn, at Dover, i 22, 23
Appeal in criminal cases discussed by H.,
i 128
Appius, Colonel of regiment of Hesse-
Homburg, at Fontenoy, i 434
Appointment under a power, if for sinister
purposes, void, ii 463
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