^{page v note 1} The Papers referred to which are included in this edition are published at the instance of Lady Lothian, and with every assistance from her.

^{page vi note 1} See Judge Jenkins's Characters of Lord Coke and Lord Chief Justice Hobart. Add. MS. 22,629, f. 225, British Museum.

^{page vi note 2} The second Earl of Buckinghamshire was the last of his descendants in the male line to own Blickling. The present owner is the representative of those of the second Earl's eldest daughter.

^{page vi note 3} See Husband's Collections from March 1642–December 1646, p. 13.

^{page vii note 1} To Lord George Germaine, July 8, 1780.

^{page vii note 2} Lord Buckinghamshire to George Grenville, October 9, 1766. Buckinghamshire Papers.Adelaide D'Arcy Collyer.

^{page viii note 1} See Grenville, Corresp. iii. 341–343, 383Google Scholar, and Annual Register for 1767, p. 39Google Scholaret seq.

^{page viii note 2} See Froude, 's English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, ii. 223.Google Scholar

^{page viii note 3} His portrait by Gainsborough is at Bliekling, in a room hung with tapestry which was given to him by the Empress Catherine II.