Macky. He hath the exterior air of business, and application enough to make him very capable. In his habit and manners very formal; a tall, thin, very black man, like a Spaniard or Jew, about 50 years old.—Swift. He fell in with the Whigs, was an endless talker.
HENRY, EARL OF ROMNEY.
Macky. He was indeed the great wheel on which the Revolution rolled.—Swift. He had not a wheel to turn a mouse.
Macky. He is a gentleman that hath lived up [Swift, down] to the employments the King gave him; of great honour and honesty, with a moderate capacity.—Swift. None at all.
JOHN, DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.
Macky. He hath one only daughter, who will be the richest heiress in Europe.—Swift. Now Countess of Oxford; cheated by her father.
CHARLES [LENNOX], DUKE OF RICHMOND.
Macky. He is a gentleman good-natured to a fault; very well bred, and hath many valuable things in him; is an enemy to business, very credulous, well shaped, black complexion, much like King Charles; not 30 years old.—Swift. A shallow coxcomb.
CHARLES, DUKE OF BOLTON.
Macky. Does not now make any figure at court.—Swift. Nor anywhere else. A great booby.
GEORGE, DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
Macky. He is a man of honour, nice in paying his debts, and living well with his neighbours in the country; does not much care for the conversation of men of quality, or business. Is a tall black man, like his father the King, about 40 years old.—Swift. He was a most worthy person, very good-natured, and had very good sense.
CHARLES [FITZROY], DUKE OF GRAFTON.
Macky. Grandson to King Charles II.; ... a very pretty gentleman, hath been abroad in the world; zealous for the constitution of his country. A tall black man, about 25 years old.—Swift. Almost a slobberer; without one good quality.
SIR NATHAN WRIGHT, LORD KEEPER.
Macky. Is son of a clergyman,[1] a good common lawyer, a slow chancellor, and no civilian. Chance more than choice brought him the seals.—Swift. Very covetous.
[Footnote 1: His father had the living of Thurcaston, in Leicestershire. [S.]]
RALPH, DUKE OF MONTAGU.
Macky. He is a great supporter of the French, and other Protestants ... an admirer of learning.—Swift. As arrant a knave as any in his time.
WILLIAM, MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON.
Macky. One of the best beloved gentlemen, by the country party, in England.—Swift. A very poor understanding.
JOHN, LORD SOMERS.
Macky. Of a creditable family, in the city of Worcester.—Swift. Very mean; his father was a noted rogue.—Macky. He is believed to be the best chancellor that ever sat in the chair.—Swift. I allow him to have possessed all excellent qualifications except virtue. He had violent passions, and hardly subdued them by his great prudence.