he
Grenville Papers_, edited by W. J. Smith, 4 vols., 1852, consisting
principally of the correspondence of Richard, Earl Temple, and his
brother George, first lord of the treasury, 1763-65, together with
George Grenville's diary of "memorable transactions" during his
administration, which gives a full account of the relations between the
king and his first minister. The Papers are of primary importance for
the first eleven years of the reign. [ALMON,] _History of the Late
Minority_, 1765, a clever account of the politics of the parliamentary
opposition from 1761, attributed to Lord Temple, and written in his
interest. _Correspondence of John, fourth Duke of Bedford_, 3 vols.,
1846, well edited by Lord John (Earl) Russell, the last part of vol. ii.
and vol. iii. cover from 1760 to 1770. The correspondence and extracts
from the duke's diary afford a striking picture of the whig system of
government by "connexion"; they have much on the negotiations for the
Peace of Paris, the ministerial crises of 1763 and 1765, and the discord
between the whigs which was fatal to their chance of effectually
resisting the king's policy. The work is a necessary complement to the
Grenville papers. _A Narrative of the Changes of Ministry, 1765-1767,
told by the Duke of Newcastle_, edited by Miss M. Bateson for the Royal
Hist. Soc. (Camden Series), 1898, from the Newcastle Papers (see sec.
2), giving an interesting account of the king's efforts to supply the
place of the Grenville ministry, the difficulties both on the king's
side and that of Pitt which kept Pitt out of office, the duke's
discomfiture when the king put Pitt in power in July, 1766, and his
attempt in 1767 to arrange a coalition between Grafton and the
Rockingham party.

The lack of any sufficient biography of Chatham renders _The Chatham
Correspondence_, 4 vols., 1840 (see sec. 2, _Pitt Papers_), well edited
by Taylor and Captain Pringle, of peculiar importance; vols. ii.-iv.
contain letters both from and to Chatham, which illustrate the whole of
his career during our period. Pitt's political position and conduct,
1761-65, and specially his relations with Bute, are the subject of an
interesting study, _William Pitt und Graf Bute_, by Dr. A. VON RUVILLE,
Berlin, 1895. _William Pitt, Earl of Chatham_ (Heroes of the Nation
Series), by Mr. W. D. GREEN, M.P., 1901, is good from 1760, so far as
its limits allow. Earl of ALBEMARLE, _Memoirs of the Marquis of
Rockingham_, 2 vols., 1