Note 116 — Chapter XI
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It was believed that George the First had bequeathed a large sum to his daughter, the Queen of Prussia, and another to his mistress, or rather left-handed wife, the Duchess of Kendal. Frederic the Second, King of Prussia, was said to have often claimed his mother’s legacy; and the Earl of Chesterfield, who married the Countess of Walsingham, niece and heiress of the Duchess of Kendal, commenced or threatened a suit for the Duchess’s legacy, and was supposed to be quieted by a sum of twenty thousand pounds. Lady Walsingham was believed to be the King’s daughter by the Duchess of Kendal.