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NHG-P.764.033
24 Aug 1764:23 (412)
London, June 9. Lady Northumberland being under a necessity
of leaving town on Monday, on account of the death of Mrs.
Smithson, her mother in law, the grand illuminations,
designed as a complement to his Majesty's birth day, were
postponed till her ladyship's return, which was on Tuesday
evening; when every thing was conducted with a decorum and
magnificence peculiar to the Countess of Northumberland:
1500 persons of distinction were invited, and the garden was
decorated with 10,000 lamps, 400 of which being fixed to the
ballustrades, descending by the step, had a most beautiful
affect. Two bands of music were provided, one in the house,
(where the great gallery was illumited to an astonishing
degree of splendor) and the other in the gardens which
answered alternately and upon Lord Granby's entrance struck
up, See the conq'ring Hero comes, a mark of respect to the
extraordinary merit of that illustrious officer, which was
instantly returned by a general huzza from the whole
company. The company parted at half an hour after twelve,
and at seven o'clock yesterday morning her ladyship set out
for Sion House.
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