d-k-ns

Updated: June 15, 2025

If England would not meet his views on a vexed question of Prussian merchant ships seized by British privateers, then he saw that a hand full of Jacobite trumps might be useful. James Dawkins, of the Over Norton family, the explorer of Palmyra. Pickle mentions him as 'D-k-ns. Frederick did not expect a rupture with England, but condescended to see the Earl's friend, Mr. Dawkins.

Andrew Lang - Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles