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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
John Campbell, Lord Glenorchy, was the only son of John Campbell, second Earl of Breadalbane, whom he succeeded in the title in 1752. His diplomatic conduct seems to have been neglectful; he was oftener away from Copenhagen than at his post; and he received censure for the inadequacy of his reports.
page 66 note 1 Reference is to the negotiation that was being carried on by Jacques de Campredon at Petersburg. See the editor's The Alliance of Hanover, pp. 28 f.
page 73 note 1 The displacement of the duke of Bourbon by Fleury as head of affairs.
page 73 note 2 There had been fighting at Emden on this matter in April, when the burghers had been victorious over the prince's troops. The Dutch took the part of the former, the Danes of the latter, so that the quarrel had an international character.
page 77 note 1 For the private and additional instructions, regarding Sweden, see Volume I, p. 243.
page 82 note 1 Count Bernard van Welderen and Cornelis Sylvius were sent in September 1727 as ambassadors extraordinary to compliment George II on his accession. They stayed on, negotiating on various matters in conjunction with envoy extraordinary Hendrik Hop, till June 1728.
