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(GROSVENOR, RICHARD, first Earl Grosvenor.) The Whole Proceedings at Large, in a Cause on an Action brought by the Rt. Hon. Richard Lord Grosvenoragainst His Royal Highness Henry Frederick Duke of Cumberland; For Criminal Conversation with Lady Grosvenor. Tried . . . In the Court of King's Bench, On the 5th of July, 1770. 79, [1] pages. Folio, 312x202 mm, 20th-century 1/4 tan calf; scattered stains, contemporary marginalia and corrections in ink, lower corner off penultimate leaf slightly affecting catchword and marginalia on recto. London: J. Wheble, 1770
Lord Grosvenor was awarded damages of £10,000 in the suit he brought against the Duke of Cumberland, the younger brother of George III, after the Duke and Grosvenor's wife were caught in flagrante delicto at an inn. The trial transcript contains exhaustive testimony regarding the incident.
