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lordship's occupancy of the mansion^ next to that 

 of the Honourable Henry Pelham's — who was for 

 some time First Lord of the Treasury, and whose 

 death caused his king to assert, " Now I shall have 

 no more peace " — something more attractive than 

 a daily recurring opportunity of seeing a portentous 

 Minister depart in his chariot, surrounded by syco- 

 phants and despatch-boxes, actuated Lord March 

 in his choice of this abode : no other than the bright 

 eyes of Miss Frances Pelham, who had smitten the 

 heart of this noble ' macaroni.' The connections 

 of this lady, niece to the Duke of Newcastle, were 

 as noble as his own; an alliance with her was 

 eminently desirable, more particularly as that family 

 was in a powerful position in the Government of 

 the day. 



The career of Lord March shows him to have 

 been a man of expedients; it is no matter for 

 surprise to find that he had a bow -window added 

 to his house, which commanded the window side 

 of Mr. Pelham's residence. By this means he could 

 converse with his fair one, as he had not created 

 such an impression on Mr. Pelham as to be free 

 of his domicile. The courtship flourished for a 



^ This was in Arlington Street, therefore Lord March's must have 

 been there at this period. 



