Burke warmly denounced the truthlessness of the Duke's tattle.

He insisted that the reports which his chief had heard would probably, even unknown to himself, create in his mind such suspicions as would stand in the way of a thorough confidence.

No earthly consideration, he said, should induce him to continue in relations with a man whose trust in him was not entire; and he pressed his resignation.

To this Lord Rockingham would not consent, and from that time until his death, seventeen years afterwards, the relations between them were those of loyal and honourable service on the one hand, and generous and appreciative friendship on the other.

Six and twenty years afterwards (1791) Burke remembered the month in which he had first become connected with a man whose memory, he said, will ever be precious to Englishmen of all parties, as long as the ideas of honour and virtue, public and private, are understood and cherished in this nation.
The Rockingham ministry remained in office for a year and twenty days (1765-66).