_Lord Granby._ Charles Manners (1754-1787), second son of the Marquis
of Granby famous as a military hero; M.P. for Cambridge University;
succeeded his grandfather as fourth Duke of Rutland, 1779.
_Pulteny._ Sir William Pulteney (1684-1764), Earl of Bath; long
the leader of the “patriot” opposition during Sir Robert Walpole’s
administration, but politically ruined by his acceptance, upon Walpole’s
fall, of an earldom.
_Cavendish ... Meredith ... Young._ Three supporters of the Whig
Opposition: John Cavendish (1732-1796), fourth son of the third Duke of
Devonshire, M.P. for York, friend and correspondent of Burke; Sir William
Meredith (1725?-1790), third Baronet, M.P. for Liverpool; Sir George
Yonge (1731-1812), fifth Baronet, M.P. for Honiton.