The typical patron of the day was Charles montagu, Lord Halifax.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
He tells us in the dedication of his best play, The Way of the World, that his taste had been refined in the company of the Earl of montagu.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
343 Mandeville, Edward montagu, Viscount, v.
"History of the English People, Index"
John Richard Green