to half the English aristocracy. His grandparents were the D & Ds. of Bedford. His
career took him to
12: on the chimney sweeps in London in the 1860s
16: Lord John Russell, his maternal uncle
39: Aged 7, he heard from Flahaut of the Battle of Waterloo
119: His 3 brothers ‑ the Chairman of the British South African Chartered Co., the
Chairman of the Great Eastern Railway Co., & the Secretary of State for
170: "the damnable spirit of modern Germany"
195 his 6 married sisters, and 4 brothers
207: "pussyfoot legislation" [prohibition]
210: Statesmen dwindled to lawyers and politician
274: "By long established custom, the Governor General has the right to visit any Convent in Canada on giving 24 hours notice"
299: A great‑nephew coming to London at age 7: "Mother, this is a very odd country; all the natives seem to be white".
311: the cry of the Indians in the village: "Dohai, Huzzor" [Justice, my Lord]
322: It is to the cigarette that the temperate habits of the 20th Century are due. Nicotine knocked port & claret out in the second round.
326: His father had 7 [?] married daughters; the 2 eldest had 13 children each
332: His mother had known Talleyrand, Metternich, Wellington, and had 169 direct
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