escribed as 'the betrothed of three husbands,' because
she was married at fourteen to Henry Cavendish, son of
the Duke of Newcastle, who died in the following year.
She was then affianced to Thomas Thynne of Longleat,
who was assassinated in 1682; and at last married to
the Duke of Somerset. The eldest son of this marriage,
Algernon Seymour, who succeeded to the Dukedom of
Somerset in 1748, was created Earl of Northumberland on
the 2nd of October, 1749, and Earl of Egremont on the
following day, with remainder (as regards the latter
title) to his nephew Sir Charles Wyndham, who succeeded
him in February 1750. The Earldom of Northumberland
passed at the same time to Sir Hugh Smithson, son-in-law
of Duke Algernon, who was created Duke of Northumberland
in 1766. The titles and the vast property of the Duke of
Somerset, Earl of Northumberland, thus came to be divided.
George O'Brien Wyndham, third Earl of Egremont, to
whom Mr. Greville paid this visit, was born on the 18th
of December, 1751. He was therefore eighty-two years
old at this time; but he lived five years longer, and
died in 1837, famous and beloved for his splendid
hospitality and for his liberal and judicious patronage
of the arts, and likewise of the turf.]

Brighton, December 31st, 1832 {p.338}

Lady Howe gave me an account of the offer of the Chamberlainship
to her husband again. They added the condition that he should not
oppose Government, but was not to be obliged to support them.
This he refused, and he regarded the proposal as an insult; so
the Queen was not conciliated the more. She likewise told me that
the cause of her former wrath when he was dismissed was that
neither the King nor Lord Grey told her of it, and that if they
had she would have consented to the sacrifice at once with a good
grace; but in the way it was done she thought herself grossly
ill-used. It is impossible to ascertain the exact nature of this
connexion. Howe conducts himself towards her like a young ardent
lover; he never is out of the Pavilion, dines there almost every
day, or goes every evening, rides with her, never quitting her
side, and never takes his eyes off her. She does nothing, but she
admits his attentions and acquiesces in his devotion; at th