| Content Description | Refers to the account Woodhouse gave him of the discussion of whether his [the duke's] name should be inserted into the Commission of the Peace for Cumberland, which he thinks was very much as he expected; reports that Mr Hotham has written to say he has seen the [Lord] Chancellor and thinks that the duke's name will be added; is indifferent to whether he is or not, and requests that Woodhouse does not make an application for him; asks for Woodhouse's assistance with his brother's financial problems [probably Lord Edward Bentinck]; mentions the money that he [his brother] owes to Mr Turton, Mr Blaquiere and Mr Hippesley Coxe. |