Note 25 — JOURNAL OF ELIZABETH LADY HOLLAND
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Mr. Thomas Pelham, in a letter to Lady Webster, dated June 15, 1792 (Holland House MSS.), recounts a conversation he had with Mr. Fox about the Association:—‘He told me (what I knew to be the truth, notwithstanding what is now said) that he had never been consulted about it, and that, on the contrary, the Associators seemed determined not to have any advice, and particularly not to have his. This I know to be true, for Lauderdale told me that they were determined not to consult Fox until they saw the probability of success, in order that he might not be involved if they failed.’