Note 12 — Chapter II
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She was the first who extolled the preaching of Mr. Whitefield, whom she alternately liked and disliked. Her Ladyship is the supposed original of Lady Bellaston in “Tom Jones;” and Lady Tempest in “Pompey the Little.” She was the mother of George, the first Marquis Townshend, and of the famous Charles Townshend.