Earls of Middleton, Lords of Clermont and of Fettercairn

S3 2 The Earls of Middleton.
CHAPTER VI.
Another attempt to procure the liberation of the Middletons— Released
on bail June, 171 1— Queen, princess, and Lady Middleton visit
the king's remains— Marlborough's intrigues — Death of the Princess
Louisa— Her brocaded petticoat — Harley gives hopes that the
Protestant succession may be changed— Chevalier leaves France —
Middleton accompanies him as his principal adviser — Peace of
Utrecht— Louis XIV. agrees to acknowledge Anne as Queen of
Great Britain — Lady Middleton disapproves of the queen's residence
at Chaillot— Chevalier listens to the insinuations of Middleton's
enemies— He offers to resign his post— Queen entreats him to
remain with her son — Letters to English correspondents.
ANOTHER attempt to procure the liberation of the
Middletons seems to have been made by the
Mareschal de Villars at this time, to which Marl-
borough returned the following reply. By some
mistake, he imagined that Lord Middleton him-
self was a prisoner. As his last letter is dated
" Chaillot, August 29th," and other letters from
him are mentioned, written in October, November,
and December, 17 10, it is probable that he was safe
at St. Germains.