David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ War was declared by Queen Anne in alliance with the Emperor, the States-General, &c. (and as the successor of King William, of glorious memory) , against France and Spain on 4th May 1702. Lord Godolphin (whose son was a son-in-law of Marlborough) was virtually Prime-Minister. ”

“ He is one of the finest gentlemen in the army, with a head fitted for the cabinet as well as the camp, is very modest, vigilant and sincere, a man of honour and honesty, without pride or affectation, wears his own hair, is plain in his dress and manners.”
↑ From a phrase in Lady Russell’s Letters, I concluded that he had bought the Rookley estate, until a correspondent obligingly informed me that the name of Lord Galway does not appear in any of the deeds or law-papers in the possession of the present proprietor, which date back as far as 1670. ”