The profligate Sir Francis Dashwood, Wilkes, and Churchill, were amongst its most prominent members.

There was a club named the Franciscans (in compliment to Sir Francis Dashwood, Lord Bute's Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, as well as Lord Sandwich, the First Lord of the Admiralty, was one of its members), which met at Medmenham Abbey, on the banks of the Thames, and there held revels whose license recalled the worst excesses of the preceding century.

A year before, he had supported with great warmth the proposal of Sir Francis Dashwood, his predecessor at the Exchequer, to lay a new tax upon cider.

During the heat of the memorable battles with Count de Grasse, of April 9th and 12th, 1782, the gallant Rodney desired his young aid-de-camp (Mr. Charles Dashwood) to make him a glass of lemonade, the ingredients for which were at hand.

Not having any thing to stir it with but a knife, already discoloured by the cutting of the lemon, Sir George coolly said, on Mr. Dashwood presenting it to him, "Child, that may do for a midshipman, but not for an admiraltake it yourself, and send my servant to me."

DASHWOOD, EDMEE ELIZABETH MONICA DE LA PASTURE.

SEE Dashwood, Edmee Elizabeth Monica De La Pasture.

SEE Dashwood, Elizabeth Monica Delafield.

DASHWOOD, E. M. DELAFIELD.

Paul Dashwood (Wr) & Rosamond Truelove (C); 27Jul62; R299367.

DASHWOOD, PAUL.

SEE DASHWOOD, E. M. DELAFIELD.

DELAFIELD, E. M. SEE DASHWOOD, E. M. DELAFIELD.

SEE Dashwood, E. M. Delafield.

DASHWOOD, A. PAUL.

SEE Dashwood, Elizabeth Monica Delafield.

DASHWOOD, ELIZABETH MONICA DELAFIELD.

© 7Feb36; A91674. A. Paul Dashwood (Wr) & Rosamund Truelove (C); 3Jul63; R319469.

DE LACRETELLE, JACQUES. SEE LaCretelle, Jacques de. DELAFIELD, E. H. SEE Dashwood, Elizabeth Monica Delafield.

John Frederick Dashiell (A); 8Sep64; R344425. DASHWOOD, EDMEE ELIZABETH MONICA DE LA PASTURE.

SEE Dashwood, Edmee Elizabeth Monica de la Pasture.

SEE Dashwood, Edmee Elizabeth Monica de la Pasture.

DASHWOOD, ELIZABETH MONICA.

Rosamud Truelove (C of E. M. Dashwood); 31Oct67; R420902. <pb id='329.png' /> DAUGHERTY, D. H.

DE LABRIOLLE, PIERRE. SEE Labriolle, Pierre De. DELAFIELD, E. M., pseud. SEE Dashwood, Elizabeth Monica.