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exerting his utmost vigour to procure and carry through both the treason-bill and that for establishing triennial parliaments. He also oppofed with great zeal the act which took away Sir John Fenwick's life. Yet fo high was his reputation at Court, that the King took him into the Cabinet Council, and gave him a penfion of three thousand pounds a-year. He received with pleasure all these marks of esteem that were paid to his distinguished abilities, though he never had any good liking for that prince. But as soon as Queen Anne came into the poffeffion of the throne, he entered into her service with all the warmth of the most affectionate duty, which was accepted on her part with the trueft fincerity. She gave him the Privy Seal, April 21ft, 1702, just before her coronation, and presently after it made him Lord-lieutenant and Guftos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire. In October following he was also appointed one of the Commiffioners to treat of an union between England and Scotland; and, before the expiration of the year, was first created Duke of Normanby, March 9th, and then Duke of Buckinghamshire, the 23d of the fame month. He was made, too, one of the Governors of the Charter-house this year; yet he did not fit long eafy in his present advantageous fituation. He grew by degrees jealous of his rival the Duke of Marlborough, and not brooking the superior power of that favourite with his mistress, he threw up the Pe

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perfuaded that the welfare of his country required fuch a conduct. In this view it was that in the Convention Parliament he both spoke and voted for the conjunctive sovereignty*. However, by that step he greatly obliged the Prince of Orange, who had it much at heart to obtain this advantage over the Princess. The Earl had no employ under the new government for fome years.

May the 10th, 1694, he was created Marquis of Normanby, in the county of Lincoln. But neither this teftimony of King William's kindness, nor even a perfonal application, with very advantageous offers from his Majeftyt, could prevail upon him to defift from

*We are told that fome of his friends had heard him declare he had the following motive for this ftep, that he thought the title of either person was equal; and fince the parliament was to decide the matter, he judged it would much better please the prince, who was now become their protector, and was also in itself a thing more becoming fo good a princess as Queen Mary to partake with her husband a crown fo obtained, than to poffefs it entirely as her own.

We have the following account of this application from the penman of his Character. King William sent one day for the Earl, and, after some little discourse, offered to give him an additional title, with an annual penfion of 3000 l. and to make him of the Cabinet Council. The Earl gave him many thanks for his intended favours, and asked, with humblest submission, what his Majefty expected from him in return? adding, that he could not deny but that he was engaged in affifting those bills which his Majefty did not at prefent approve of; he was forry his Majefty did not; but whether he had the honour or not of ferving him, he could not give them up, but must assist their fuccefs to his utmost ability.

exerting his utmost vigour to procure and carry through both the treason-bill and that for establishing triennial parliaments. He also oppofed with great zeal the act which took away Sir John Fenwick's life. Yet fo high was his reputation at Court, that the King took him into the Cabinet Council, and gave him a pension of three thousand pounds a-year. He received with pleasure all these marks of esteem that were paid to his distinguished abilities, though he never had any good liking for that prince. But as foon as Queen Anne came into the poffeffion of the throne, he entered into her service with all the warmth of the most affectionate duty, which was accepted on her part with the trueft fincerity. She gave him the Privy Seal, April 21ft, 1702, just before her coronation, and presently after it made him Lord-lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire. In October following he was also appointed one of the Commiffioners to treat of an union between England and Scotland; and, before the expiration of the year, was first created Duke of Normanby, March 9th, and then Duke of Buckinghamshire, the 23d of the fame month. He was made, too, one of the Governors of the Charter-house this year; yet he did not fit long eafy in his present advantageous fituation. He grew by degrees jealous of his rival the Duke of Marlborough, and not brooking the superior power of that favourite with his mistress, he threw up the Privy

Seal entirely against her mind; fo that to remove his difcontentment, and procure a reconciliation, she made him an offer of the Lord Chancellor's place, which was alfo refufed by him. During this ill-humour he fuffered party-prejudice to tranfport him beyond the bounds both of his honour and good fenfe*. Yet in 1705, March 21ft, the Queen readily admitted him to kifs her hand upon the marriage of his third wife, who was a natural daughter to King James II. † During this recess from public bufinefs he finished his

* He threw up the Seals in March, and at the meeting of the new parliament in November following, Lord Haverfham moved the House of Peers that the Princess Sophia might be fent för into England, as neceffary to fecure the fucceffion in the house of Hanover. This motion was feconded by the Duke of Bucks, and the Earls of Rochester, Nottingham, and Anglesey.

+ Her mother was Katharine Sedley, daughter to the ingenious Sir Charles Sedley, King James, by a warrant dated Dec. 1688, dignified his daughter by her with the name of Lady Katharine Darnley, gave her the place of a duke's daughter, and empowered her to bear the royal arms within a border compone, ermine and azure, the azure charged with flowerde-lis of France, and for fupporters, on the dexter fide an unicorn ermine, his horn, main, and hoofs, Or, acolled with a chaplet of red rofes, barbed and feeded proper, and on the finifter a goat ermine, horned and hoofed azure, with a like chaplet about his neck as has the dexter. She was left very young a widow by James Earl of Anglefey, from whom the was parted at her own fuit, though the Earl long oppofed it, by the unanimous confenf of both Houfes of parliament,for the Earl's eruelty and caufeless ill afage of her. It was thought by fore that his Lordship had a tincture of distraction, as was, they said, plain from his conduct to her. They lived together only one year.