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History of the Society of Dilettanti ig
artist, and is said to have designed Lord Spencer's
house in the Green Park. He was Secretary and
Treasurer of the Society for thirty-three years, from
1738 to 1771. On the death of his brother he
succeeded to the baronetcy, but only survived him
a few weeks, dying in London in February, 1773.
William Ponsonby, born in 1704, was eldest son of w.Ponsonfy.
Brabazon Ponsonby, second Viscount Duncannon and
afterwards first Earl of Bessborough. He travelled
a great deal on the Continent and in the East until
1739, an<l on his return took his place as a leader
of taste and fashion, and in public life served as
a Lord of the Treasury and as Postmaster-General.
He became Viscount Duncannon in 1739 on n^s
father's elevation to the earldom, and succeeded
his father as earl in 1778. As a collector of
objects of art and antiquity he was one of the
earliest and the most active in the country. He
died in 1793.
Richard Grenville was a prominent member of R. Gren-
the family clique of Pitts and Grenvilles who ruled vtlle-
England for so long a time. The brother-in-law
of the great Earl of Chatham, he filled numerous
important posts in the government, and his life
belongs to the history of his country. Born in
17.11, he was but little over twenty-one years of
age at the time of the foundation of the Society, in
which at first he seems to have played a leading
part. c Squire Gawky,' as his contemporaries nick-
named him, became Earl Temple on the death of
his mother in 17J2, and died in 1779.
Among the most active of the early members of *%*?'
the Society of Dilettanti were John Howe of Han- Denny'
slope in Buckinghamshire (born in 1707, died in strode,
1769), and Thomas Archer, who was created a peer Sewallis
artist, and is said to have designed Lord Spencer's
house in the Green Park. He was Secretary and
Treasurer of the Society for thirty-three years, from
1738 to 1771. On the death of his brother he
succeeded to the baronetcy, but only survived him
a few weeks, dying in London in February, 1773.
William Ponsonby, born in 1704, was eldest son of w.Ponsonfy.
Brabazon Ponsonby, second Viscount Duncannon and
afterwards first Earl of Bessborough. He travelled
a great deal on the Continent and in the East until
1739, an<l on his return took his place as a leader
of taste and fashion, and in public life served as
a Lord of the Treasury and as Postmaster-General.
He became Viscount Duncannon in 1739 on n^s
father's elevation to the earldom, and succeeded
his father as earl in 1778. As a collector of
objects of art and antiquity he was one of the
earliest and the most active in the country. He
died in 1793.
Richard Grenville was a prominent member of R. Gren-
the family clique of Pitts and Grenvilles who ruled vtlle-
England for so long a time. The brother-in-law
of the great Earl of Chatham, he filled numerous
important posts in the government, and his life
belongs to the history of his country. Born in
17.11, he was but little over twenty-one years of
age at the time of the foundation of the Society, in
which at first he seems to have played a leading
part. c Squire Gawky,' as his contemporaries nick-
named him, became Earl Temple on the death of
his mother in 17J2, and died in 1779.
Among the most active of the early members of *%*?'
the Society of Dilettanti were John Howe of Han- Denny'
slope in Buckinghamshire (born in 1707, died in strode,
1769), and Thomas Archer, who was created a peer Sewallis