CHAPTER II
LORD SHELBURNE, LORD BUTE, AND MR. FOX
1757-1762
Lord Fitzmaurice served in the expeditions to the coast of France in 1757 and 1758, and subsequently under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick and Lord Granby in Germany, distinguishing himself at the Battle of Minden,[1] and again at Kloster Kampen, when as a volunteer, he joined the expedition led by the Hereditary Prince on the night of the 16th of October, 1760, in the hope of surprising the Marquis of Castries. During the retreat he was conspicuous by his courage, and on his return to England was rewarded with the rank of Colonel and the post of aide-de-camp to the King. His appointment, however, became the immediate cause of an outburst of spleen on the part of the Newcastle Whigs, already indignant "at the measure of bringing country lords and considerable gentlemen about the King."[2] Lord George Lennox it was said had distinguished himself still more than Lord Fitzmaurice, and the Duke of Richmond in a fit of dissatisfaction resigned the Bedchamber,[3] which he had quite recently asked for and obtained. Of the gallantry of Lord George Lennox at Kampen there was indeed no doubt, but the equal services of Lord Fitzmaurice were thus witnessed to by Lord Granby himself, who wrote
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