THE

POLITICAL MEMORANDA

OF

FRANCIS FIFTH DUKE OF LEEDS,

NOW FIRST PRINTED

FROM THE ORIGINALS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

EDITED, TOGETHER WITH OTHER PAPERS, AND WITH NOTES,
INTRODUCTION, AND APPENDIX,

BY

OSCAR BROWNING, M.A.,

SENIOR FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITY LECTURER
IN HISTORY, AND EXAMINER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

COUNCIL OF THE CAMDEN SOCIETY

FOR THE YEAR 1883-4.

President,

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF VERULAM, F.R.G.S.

J. J. CARTWRIGHT, ESQ., M.A., Treasurer.

WILLIAM CHAPPELL, ESQ., F.S.A.

F. W. COSENS, ESQ., F.S.A.

THE HON. HAROLD DILLON, F.S.A.

JAMES E. DOYLE, ESQ.

REV. J. WOODFALL EBSWORTH, M.A., F.S.A.

JAMES GAIRDNER, ESQ.

SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER, ESQ., LL.D., Director.

J. W. HALES, ESQ., M.A.

ALFRED KINGSTON, ESQ., Secretary.

ALEXANDER MACMILLAN, ESQ., F.S.A.

STUART A. MOORE, ESQ., F.S.A.

THE EARL OF POWIS, LL.D.

REV. W. SPARROW SIMPSON, D.D., F.S.A.
WILLIAM JOHN THOMS, ESQ., F.S.A.