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Ibid., p. 6.
418
"Life of Lord Hardwicke," vol. i. p. 489.
419
Greville, "Memoirs," vol. iii. p. 389.
420
Boyd's "Reminiscences," p. 49.
421
Doyle's "Recollections," p. 174.
422
Grant's "Recollections," p. 16.
423
G. W. E. Russell's "Sir Wilfrid Lawson," p. 227.
424
"Works," vol. ii. 327.
425
Ladies of rank often attended the Saxon Witenagemots, and in the reigns of Henry III., Edward I., and Edward III. certain abbesses were summoned to send proxies to Parliament. (See G. B. Smith's "History," vol. i p. 11.) In the sixteenth century the right to elect a member for the rotten borough of Gatton was in the hands of a woman. See Porritt' s "Unreformed House of Commons," vol. i. p. 97.
426
"Observations, Rules, etc.," p. 162.
427
No. 812, June 2, 1711.
428
Townsend's "Memoirs," vol. ii. p. 461.
429
"Letters and Works of Lady M. W. Montagu," vol. ii. p. 37. (I have described this incident at length in "A Group of Scottish Women," pp. 137-8.)
430
"Memoirs," 4 April, 1829.
431
See A. Young's "Autobiography," p. 17. (Election Petitions were tried before the whole House, and thus resolved themselves into mere party struggles. In 1770, Grenville moved that they be referred to small committees.)
432
Pearson's "Political Dictionary," p. 34.
433
Grantley Berkeley's "Recollections," vol. i. p. 369.
434
"Life and Letters," vol. ii. p. 66.
435
"Posthumous Memoirs."
436
Grant's "Recollections," p. 17.
437
"History of the Peace," vol. iii. p. 375.
438
Berkeley's "Recollections," vol. i. p. 359.
439
"Next to religion," he says in his "Autobiography" (i. 309), "my chief aim is to enrich my posterity with good blood, knowing it to be the greatest honour that can betide a family, to be often linked with the female inheritrices of ancient stock."
440
Forster's "Grand Remonstrance," p. 124 n.
441
Cromwell's "Letters and Speeches," vol. i. p. 79.
442
418
"Life of Lord Hardwicke," vol. i. p. 489.
419
Greville, "Memoirs," vol. iii. p. 389.
420
Boyd's "Reminiscences," p. 49.
421
Doyle's "Recollections," p. 174.
422
Grant's "Recollections," p. 16.
423
G. W. E. Russell's "Sir Wilfrid Lawson," p. 227.
424
"Works," vol. ii. 327.
425
Ladies of rank often attended the Saxon Witenagemots, and in the reigns of Henry III., Edward I., and Edward III. certain abbesses were summoned to send proxies to Parliament. (See G. B. Smith's "History," vol. i p. 11.) In the sixteenth century the right to elect a member for the rotten borough of Gatton was in the hands of a woman. See Porritt' s "Unreformed House of Commons," vol. i. p. 97.
426
"Observations, Rules, etc.," p. 162.
427
No. 812, June 2, 1711.
428
Townsend's "Memoirs," vol. ii. p. 461.
429
"Letters and Works of Lady M. W. Montagu," vol. ii. p. 37. (I have described this incident at length in "A Group of Scottish Women," pp. 137-8.)
430
"Memoirs," 4 April, 1829.
431
See A. Young's "Autobiography," p. 17. (Election Petitions were tried before the whole House, and thus resolved themselves into mere party struggles. In 1770, Grenville moved that they be referred to small committees.)
432
Pearson's "Political Dictionary," p. 34.
433
Grantley Berkeley's "Recollections," vol. i. p. 369.
434
"Life and Letters," vol. ii. p. 66.
435
"Posthumous Memoirs."
436
Grant's "Recollections," p. 17.
437
"History of the Peace," vol. iii. p. 375.
438
Berkeley's "Recollections," vol. i. p. 359.
439
"Next to religion," he says in his "Autobiography" (i. 309), "my chief aim is to enrich my posterity with good blood, knowing it to be the greatest honour that can betide a family, to be often linked with the female inheritrices of ancient stock."
440
Forster's "Grand Remonstrance," p. 124 n.
441
Cromwell's "Letters and Speeches," vol. i. p. 79.
442
