It charts his rise under Queen Anne and George I (including a spell in prison in the Tower of London in 1712 on charges of financial impropriety) to his appointment as paymaster-general in 1714.

• 这本传记调查详实，有安娜女王和乔治一世时的平步青云，有1714年被任命为主计大臣，甚至还有1712年因经济来源不正当被关入伦敦塔的那段时间。