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BNL.772.033
13 Aug 1772:22 (3493)
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 nobility was prodigious, and the
variety, as well as the grandeur of the dresses, was
actually astonishing. Lady Villars, Lady Carlisle, Lady
Seston, the Dutchess of Marlborough, and some others of the
younger female nobility, 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,
the ball ended soon after.
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