LIFE

OF

WILLIAM, EARL OF SHELBURNE.

LIFE

OF

WILLIAM, EARL OF SHELBURNE,

AFTERWARDS

FIRST MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE.

WITH

EXTRACTS FROM HIS PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE.

BY

LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE.

VOLUME II.

1766-1776.

London:

MACMILLAN AND CO.

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

PREFACE.

IN the preparation of this Volume, I have had the advantage of the use of the Autobiography of the Duke of Grafton, the Minister, which the present Duke with great generosity placed at my disposal. I have also to thank the Earl of Carnarvon for allowing me access to the papers of the Colonial Office, now in the Public Record Office. From Mr. Hutton I have received much valuable information, which I am glad to have this opportunity of acknowledging.