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BPB.772.023
17 Aug 1772:41 (782)
London, June 6. The court was yesterday the most splendid
of any since the commencement of the present reign, if we
accept 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
Seston, the Dutchess of Merlborough, 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,
and ball ended soon after.
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