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Prodigious Town Reply At Scarborough Rush of Nobles
Letters from Scarborough dated August 11 report a prodigious town in high company with many dignitaries including the Duke of Leeds Duke of Cleveland Earl of Strafford Earl of Grantham Earl of Rosebury Lord Viscount Torrington and many other peers and officers. The note describes a large resort and a bustling social scene among status figures and gentry.
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Scarborough
York
Diftnion
Duke of Leeds
Duke of Cleveland
Earl of Strafford
Earl of Grantham
Earl of
Rosebury
Viscount Torrington
Henry Vane
Ely
Morgan Vane
Robert Burdett
John Bland
Edward Pickering
William Wentworth
Byng
Edward Walpole
Francis Boynton
Lionel Pilkington
Hugh Smithson
Mr. Leslie
Trimmer
Cornwallis
Hilderley
Mordaund
Conyers D’arcy
Colmonderey
Cooper
Bellamys
Major Geddes
Harland
Pulleyn
Litter
Col. Pierre
Lamb
Guidort
John Willis
Richard Willis
Brigadier Montagu
Terspett
Swinburn
Baron Hilton
Dutchess of Cleveland
Lady Nassau
Countess of Effigham
Lady Daws
Hickman
Wentworth
Hunlocke
Goodricke
Sloper
Hunter
Musgrave
Turner
Jelves
Hays
Barking
Chelmsford
Bonner
Newgate Market
Rich. Brocas
Philp Wilson
Sam. Haswell
Southgate
Richard Brocas
Newgate
Epsom
Bone-fetter
Gravesend
Kent
Stafford
William Burton