Philip Chesterfield - Letters to his Son

Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, 4^th Earl of (1694 -1773)

Born in London, UK. He studied at Cambridge, became a Member of Parliament in 1715, an Ambassador in 1726. Later he occupied various state positions, the latter was the post of state secretary in the period of 1746-1748. Letters to his Son were published in 1774.

I received, yesterday, your letter of the 16th.