(1713 - 89), o. s. of 3rd D. of Leeds; sty. E. of Danby 1713 - 29, M. of Carmarthen 1729 - 31 when suc. fa. as 4th D.; educ. Westminster and Ch.Ch. Oxf. 1731; FRS 1739; m. 1740 Ldy. Mary Godolphin, dau. of 2nd E. Godolphin; KG 1749.
1734 Venice (Mar. - 30 Apr.), Padua (1 May), Vicenza (by 15 Jun.), Florence ( - 14 Oct.), Rome ( - by 18 Dec.)
The 4th Duke of Leeds, who had recently succeeded to the title at the age of eighteen, was travelling with his cousin, Robert Hay. They were in Venice in March and April 1734. By the end of March the Duke was recovering from an illness and talking 'of setting out to Rome in a few daies',1 but they eventually left with 'Monsieur Pageot' (Captain Piaget) on 30 April, proposing to return for Ascension.2 They passed through Padua on 1 May,3 and Pococke saw the Duke in Vicenza on 15 June.4 The three left Florence on 14 October for Rome,5 and Stosch reported they had left on their return journey by 18 December.6 Letters from the Duke on his grand tour are in the Welbeck MSS.7
1. SP 99/63, f.248 (Burges, 26 Mar. 1734). 2. Ibid., f.254 (30 Apr. 1734). 3. Brown 1962 - 4. 4. Pococke letters MSS, f.17 (23 Jun. 1734). 5. SP 98/36 (Florence Newsletter, 19 Oct. 1734). 6. SP 98/37, f.189 (Walton, 18 Dec. 1734). 7. A.S. Turberville, History of Welbeck, 1:336.