| Content Description | Is writing on account of his son, Captain John Lennox of the 60th regiment, whose godfather is General Scott, the father of the Marchioness of Titchfield; explains that his son has been in the West Indies and Canada for 16 years, and has been on leave of absence for 6 months; now his son is ordered to rejoin his regiment, with a wife and 3 young children, and £250 in debt; mentions that in 1782 he [the writer] gave the government £386 which was not repaid; he also gave up his lucrative post at the foreign office for a badly paid secret service job; asks the duke to back his memorial to the King for the repayment of the £386, which would help his son considerably, as £270 of the money was his.
Endorsed in the hand of the 3rd Duke of Portland, 'same day answered wd not interfere'. |