Note 69d — JOURNAL TO STELLA (continued 2)

Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart. (1676–1746), succeeded Bromley as Speaker in 1714. In February 1713 Swift said, “He is the most considerable man in the House of Commons.” His edition of Shakespeare was published by the University of Oxford in 1743–44. Pope called it “pompous,” and sneered at Hanmer’s “superior air” (Dunciad, iv. 105).