Record

Document Reference	Pl C 31/2
Title	Letter from [W.H.C. Bentinck] 3rd Duke of Portland, Upper Grosvenor Street, London to John Woodhouse, Bridewell Hospital, London; 12 Feb. 1772
Date	12 February 1772
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Does not hold Woodhouse responsible for 'the unlucky step' taken by Mr Burton's clerk in delivering the special verdict to Sir J[ames] L[owther]'s agents; thanks Woodhouse for his zeal and energy; thinks no steps should be taken without the direction of the Council, on his behalf and on behalf of Wallace and Dunning; refers to the financial problems of his brother [Lord Edward Bentinck]; mentions he has given Mr Isatt enough money to pay the interest to Mr Gwilt, and to assure Gwilt that the money will be regularly paid to Childs in future. With some financial calculations on reverse.
Term	debts, Lord Edward Bentinck
Term	legal cases, Portland and Lowther 1760s-1770s

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA13972	Child and Company; bankers
NA33997	Wallace; James T. (1729-1783); Mr; M.P. Horsham 1770-83; solicitor general 1778-80; attorney general 1780-82 and 1783; sided with 3rd Duke of Portland re. Cumberland affairs	1729-1783
NA33275	Dunning; John (1731-1783); 1st Baron Ashburton; solicitor-general 1768-70	1731-1783
NA40559	Burton; - (fl 1771-1772); Mr; of Hatton Gardens	fl 1771-1772
NA40560	Gwilt; - (fl 1772-1774); Mr	fl 1772-1774
NA34521	Isatt; - (fl 1772); Mr; Marylebone agent of 3rd Duke of Portland	fl 1772
NA1050	Lowther; James (1736-1802); Earl of Lonsdale	1736-1802
NA1095	Bentinck; Edward C. Cavendish (1744-1819); Lord; 2nd son of 2nd Duke of Portland	1744-1819
NA905	Bentinck; William H.C. Cavendish- (1738-1809); 3rd Duke of Portland; succ. 1762	1738-1809
NA35987	Woodhouse; John (fl 1761-1778); Mr; legal adviser/agent of 3rd Duke of Portland?	fl 1761-1778