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PP-P.772.063
17 Aug 1772:23 (43)
London, June 6. The Court was yesterday the most splendid
of any since the commencement of the present reign, if we
except only the first after the accession of His Majesty.
The concourse of the nobility was prodigious and the
variety, as well as the grandeur of the dresses, was
actually astonishing. Lady Villars, Lady Carlisle, Lady
Sefton, the Duchess of Marlborough, were distinguished by a
profusion of diamonds, and those worn only by the first were
estimated at 70, 000l. The ball was opened by his Royal
Highness the Duke of Gloucester and the Duchess of Grafton;
and he danced afterwards with the Duchess of Portland. The
minuets lasted from nine to near twelve o'clock. Only two
country dances were called, in the second of which their
Majesties retired, and the ball ended soon after.
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