Note 98 — Chapter IV
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He had been Aide-de-camp to the Duke of Marlborough, and a Colonel of Foot, but was obliged to sell his regiment when his Patron was disgraced. On the accession of the Hanover family, he was made Comptroller of the Customs, then Groom of the Bedchamber to the present King, Treasurer to the Queen, and on the resignation of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, Paymaster of the Marines. He died at the end of the year 1751.