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14 History of the Society of Dilettanti
in 1747 and died in 1768. Archer lived at Umber-
slade, near Stratford-upon-Avon, and in London was
conspicuous as a great dispenser of hospitality.
William Denny, a noted man of fashion, was appointed
to the governorship of Pennsylvania in 1756, a post
which was intended, no doubt, to be a lucrative sine-
cure, but turned out otherwise. Serious hostility was
shown to him as governor, and he was superseded in
175-9. General William Strode was known as a
faithful friend and ally of the Duke of Cumberland,
and the donor of the unfortunate statue of the duke
which stood for a long time in Cavendish Square.
Sewallis Shirley, a younger son of Earl Ferrers, born
in 1709, was notorious among the reckless and
profligate young men of fashion of his day ; among
other notorious affairs of gallantry, he had relations
with the celebrated Lady Vane (the 'Lady of
Quality' whose adventures are recorded by Smollett
in Peregrine Pickle), and later with Margaret Rolle, the
rich widowed Countess of Orford, Horace Walpole's
sister-in-law, to whose pranks and gallantries many
allusions will be found in her brother-in-law's letters
and memoirs. Shirley, whose connexion with the
latter lady was for a time blessed by marriage, was
none the less a member of Parliament and comp-
troller of the household to Queen Charlotte, and
died in 176? without having outlived his reputation.
Bo<me, Daniel Boone, son of Charles Boone, governor of
Liddell, Bombay, was a wealthy member of the East India
Harrh^ Company. He married a rich heiress, became a
Dinghy, member of Parliament and clerk of the household
Smithson. to the Princess of Wales, and was moreover a con-
fidential friend of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and
therefore of the party opposed to the administration
of Sir Robert Walpole. Sir Henry Liddell, Baronet,
in 1747 and died in 1768. Archer lived at Umber-
slade, near Stratford-upon-Avon, and in London was
conspicuous as a great dispenser of hospitality.
William Denny, a noted man of fashion, was appointed
to the governorship of Pennsylvania in 1756, a post
which was intended, no doubt, to be a lucrative sine-
cure, but turned out otherwise. Serious hostility was
shown to him as governor, and he was superseded in
175-9. General William Strode was known as a
faithful friend and ally of the Duke of Cumberland,
and the donor of the unfortunate statue of the duke
which stood for a long time in Cavendish Square.
Sewallis Shirley, a younger son of Earl Ferrers, born
in 1709, was notorious among the reckless and
profligate young men of fashion of his day ; among
other notorious affairs of gallantry, he had relations
with the celebrated Lady Vane (the 'Lady of
Quality' whose adventures are recorded by Smollett
in Peregrine Pickle), and later with Margaret Rolle, the
rich widowed Countess of Orford, Horace Walpole's
sister-in-law, to whose pranks and gallantries many
allusions will be found in her brother-in-law's letters
and memoirs. Shirley, whose connexion with the
latter lady was for a time blessed by marriage, was
none the less a member of Parliament and comp-
troller of the household to Queen Charlotte, and
died in 176? without having outlived his reputation.
Bo<me, Daniel Boone, son of Charles Boone, governor of
Liddell, Bombay, was a wealthy member of the East India
Harrh^ Company. He married a rich heiress, became a
Dinghy, member of Parliament and clerk of the household
Smithson. to the Princess of Wales, and was moreover a con-
fidential friend of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and
therefore of the party opposed to the administration
of Sir Robert Walpole. Sir Henry Liddell, Baronet,