Record

Document Reference	Ne C 375
Title	Letter from [J. Douglas] 14th Earl of Morton, St Cyr, France, to Henry Pelham; 22 Jan./2 Feb. 1745
Date	2 February 1746
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on news from Sir Matthew Decker who believes that if the rebellion is crushed there will be changes in the administration regarding Scotland; expresses his interest in the possibility of being recommended to direct Scottish affairs while remarking unfavourably on Lord Marchmont as a candidate as not 'at all a fit person for that service' being 'a very proud man... of violent temper' and a disciple of Lord Bolingbroke; observes that the Marquess of Tweeddale has 'laid down his office' and that he [Douglas] is willing to come to London if there is a good chance of being 'imploy'd' but does not want to be subjected to ridicule if someone else were to be appointed. Dating on letter '22 Jan./2 Feb. 1746'.
Term	appointments, military
	Scottish affairs, 1745 uprising
	Jacobites, in Scotland 1746

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18944	Hay; John (c.1695-1762); 4th Marquess of Tweeddale; Secretary of State for Scotland 1742-1746	c.1695-1762
NA18986	St John; H. (fl 1744-1746); Mr	fl 1744-1746
NA19001	Decker; Matthew (c.1679-1749); Baronet; M.P. and merchant	c.1679-1749
NA18989	Campbell; Hugh Hume- (1708-1794); 3rd Earl of Marchmont; politician	1708-1794
NA19002	St John; Henry (1678-1751); 1st Viscount Bolingbroke; statesman	1678-1751
NA18994	Douglas; James (1703-1768); 13th Earl of Morton; number of earldom disputed; representative peer for Scotland 1739-1768; President of the Royal Society 1764-1768; imprisoned in the Bastille 1746	1703-1768
NA967	Pelham; Henry (1696-1754); Mr; Prime Minister 1743-1754 brother of T. Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne	1696-1754