his other honours was added the dedication of Pope's Windfor Foreft. He was advanced next year to be treasurer of the household.

Of thefe favours he foon loft all but his title; for at the acceffion of king George his place was given to the earl Cholmondeley, and he was perfecuted with the rest of his party. Having protefted against the bill for attainting Ormond and Bolingbroke, he was, after the infurrection in Scotland, feized Sept. 26, 1715, as a fufpected man, and confined in the Tower till Feb. 8, 1717, when he was at last released, and restored to his feat in parliament; where (1719) he made a very ardent and animated speech against the repeal of the bill to

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prevent Occafional Conformity, which however, though it was then printed, he has not inferted into his works.

Some time afterwards (about 1722), being perhaps embarraffed by his profufion, he went into foreign countries, with the ufual pretence of recovering his health. In this ftate of leifure and retirement, he received the firft volume of Burnet's History, of which he cannot be fupposed to have approved the general tendency, and where he thought himself able to detect fome particular falfehoods. He therefore undertook the vindication of general Monk from fome calumnies of Dr. Burnet, and fome mifrepresentations of Mr. Echard. This was anfwered civilly by Mr. Thomas

Burnet,

Burnet and Oldmixon, and more roughly by Dr. Colbatch.

His other historical performance is a defence of his relation Sir Richard Greenville, whom lord Clarendon has fhewn in a form very unamiable, So much is urged in this apology, to justify many actions that have been represented as culpable, and to palliate the reft, that the reader is reconciled for the greater part; and it is made very probable that Clarendon was by perfonal enmity difpofed to think the worst of Greenville, as Greenville was also very willing to think the worst of Clarendon. Thefe pieces were published at his return to England.

Being now defirous to conclude his labours, and enjoy his reputation, he published (1732) a very beautiful and fplendid edition of his works, in which he omitted what he difapproved, and enlarged what seemed deficient. Wycherley's character is, I find, printed in these volumes from fome former edition, and wants all that was afterwards added.

He now went to Court, and was kindly received by queen Caroline; to whom and to the princefs Anne he prefented his works, with verfes on the blank leaves, with which he concluded his poetical labours.

He died in Hanover-fquare, Jan. 30, 1735, having a few days before buried his wife, the lady Anne Villiers, widow

to Mr. Thynne, by whom he had four

daughters, but no fon.

Writers commonly derive their reputation from their works; but there are works which owe their reputation to the character of the writer. The publick fometimes has its favourites, whom it rewards for one fpecies of excellence with the honours due to another. From him whom we reverence for his beneficence we do not willingly withhold the praise of genius; a man of exalted merit becomes at once an accomplished writer, as a beauty finds no great difficulty in paffing for a wit.

Granville was a man illuftrious by his birth, and therefore attracted notice: fince he is by Pope ftiled the polite, he