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EG.772.034
11-18 Aug 1772:93 (5/212)
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 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 Dutchess 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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