A generation later, the story was told of a conversation about Lord Cornbury between Horace Walpole (1717–1797, a famous Whig minister and authorHorace's father, Prime Minister Robert Walpole (Whig), served in the Sunderland ministry that recalled Cornbury from the colonies.) and George James Williams (1719–1805, an author).Bonomi 1998, p. 15. See also: Benson, Eric, "English King Appoints Drag Queen – The Complete History of Scandals", in The History of New York Scandals, New York magazine, 2 April 2012. Walpole recounted:
