HUGH, LORD CHOLMONDELEY [AFTERWARDS EARL OF CHOLMONDELEY].

Macky.  This lord is a great lover of country sports; is handsome in his person, and turned of 40 years old.—­Swift.  Good for nothing, as far as ever I knew.

CHARLES, LORD BUTLER OF WESTON.

Macky.  Earl of Arran in Ireland, and brother to the Duke of Ormonde;... of very good sense, though seldom shows it.—­Swift.  This is right; but he is the most negligent of his own affairs.

MR. THOMAS MANSELL [AFTERWARDS LORD MANSELL].

Macky.  He is a gentleman of a great deal of wit and good nature, a lover of the ladies, and a pleasant companion.—­Swift.  Of very good nature, but a very moderate capacity.

ROBERT HARLEY, ESQ. [AFTERWARDS EARL OF OXFORD],
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Macky.  He is skilled in most things, and very eloquent, [Swift, a great lie;] was bred a Presbyterian, yet joins with the Church party in everything; and they do nothing without him.—­Swift.  He could not properly be called eloquent, but he knew how to prevail on the House with few words and strong reasons.

THE HON.  HENRY BOYLE [AFTERWARDS LORD CARLETON],
CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.

Macky.  Is a good companion in conversation; agreeable amongst the ladies; serves the Queen very assiduously in council; makes a considerable figure in the House of Commons; by his prudent administration, obliges everybody in the exchequer; and in time may prove a great man.—­Swift.  He had some very scurvy qualities, particularly avarice.

SIR THOMAS FRANKLAND, POST-MASTER-GENERAL.

Macky.  He is a gentleman of a very sweet, easy, affable disposition; of good sense, extremely zealous for the constitution of his country, yet does not seem over forward; keeps an exact unity amongst the officers under him, and encourages them in their duty, through a peculiar familiarity, by which he obliges them, and keeps up the dignity of being master.—­Swift.  A fair character.

THE RT.  HON.  JOHN SMITH,
ONE OF HER MAJESTY’S PRIVY-COUNCIL.

Macky.  A gentleman of much honour, a lover of the constitution of his country; a very agreeable companion in conversation, a bold orator in the House of Commons,[4] when the interest of his country is at stake; of a good address.—­Swift.  I thought him a heavy man.

[Footnote 4:  He was Speaker of the House of Commons, 1705-1708. [T.S.]]

CHARLES D’AVENANT, LL.D.

Macky.  He was very poor at the Revolution, had no business to support him all the reign of King William, yet made a good figure.  He is a very cloudy-looked man, fat, of middle stature, about 50 years old.—­Swift.  He was used ill by most ministries; he ruined his own estate, which put him under a necessity to comply with the times.