Note 175 — V THE HEIRESS OF GREAT BRITAIN (HERRENHAUSEN, 1701-1714) (continued 2)
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Bolingbroke hated Bothmer, and described him as, ‘notwithstanding that air of coldness and caution which he wore, the most inveterate party man that I ever saw, and the most capable of giving tête baissée into the most extravagant measures that faction could propose.’ (Cf. Salomon, p. 239, and note.)