MEMOIRS OF SIR ROBERT WALPOL E. PERIOD THE FOURTH: From the Acceffion of GEORGE the Second, to the Refignation of Lord TowNSHEND; 1727-1730, CHAPTER THE THIRTY-FIRST: 1727., Acceffion and Character of George the Second.-Education-CharacterPerfon Conduct and Influence of Queen Caroline.-Account of Mrs. Howard, afterwards Countess of Suffolk. G EORGE the Second, fon of George the Period IV. Firft, by Sophia, princefs of Luneburgh 1727 to 1730. Zell, was born at Hanover the 30th of October 1683, and principally educated under the direction of his grandmother, the electress Sophia. Being at a very early period initiated into the profeffion of arms, he made the campaign of 1708 with the allied army in the Netherlands, under the command of the duke of Marlborough. He greatly diftinguifhed himself as a volunteer at the battle of Oudenard, where he charged the enemy VOL. II. B at |