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Notable Political Corruption and Smuggling Anecdotes
The North Briton recounts C J’s clever handling of a 200,000 treasury balance, a corrupt parliament, and repeated gentry card play. It details Nancy Parsons, the prime minister’s mistress, profiting from cards and smuggling French goods through Dover with official aid, plus a Sweden incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.J
Ballance
Nancy Parsons
France
Lord Molineux
Paris
Dover
Treasury
Bradshaw
Harwich
Calais
Gallang
City of London
London
Duke of G
Grosvenor Square
Nancy
Great Britain
Stockholm
Sweden