CHARLES RADCLIFFE, the youngest son of the Second Earl 
of Derwentwater, and brother of the amiable young nobleman on 
whose melancholy fate I read a paper five years ago, was born in 
England on the 3rd September, 1693. Of his early iife, little more 
is known than what was then incidentally noticed whilst tracing 
the brief career of his noble brother, and the progress of the bold 
enterprise which ended so fatally for the house of Derwentwater. 
The chief part of his youth seems to have been spent in 
France. Of his education, we have very few particulars, but he 
does not seem to have shown any fondness for study. He was 
brought up in the tenets of the Church of Rome, and became 
attached from his boyhood to the cause of the House of Stuart, 
among whose adherents his warmest friendships were formed. He 
appears to have continued to reside abroad until a short time 
before the rising in 1715, when he returned to his parental home 
for the purpose (as he pleaded on his trial,) of visiting his brother 
the Earl; but, unfortunately for himself, in time to aid in that 
attempt to restore the exiled prince to his throne. He had then 
completed the twenty-second year of his age. He was possessed 
of considerable abilities, and many generous and heroic virtues, 
and had given earnest of that daring spirit which so greatly distin- 
guished him in after life. His character was marked by gallant 
bravery, and he was foremost in every feat of daring. A writer 
well acquainted with him, records that he was “full of spirit and 
courage, bold and daring, even to rashness, and was generally the 
first to offer himself to go upon the most hazardous enterprises: 
He seemed to set no value upon his life where honour was to be 
won, or service to be performed. This intrepid behaviour, which 
he was forward to manifest upon all occasions, endeared him very 
much to the chiefs of the rebels, and therefore the Earl gave him 
the command of his troop, and Captain Shaftoe commanded under 
him. Mr. Radcliffe had never been in the army before, and 
consequently knew nothing of military discipline; but what he 
wanted in experience and knowledge he made good in bravery, 
and in animating his men to great exploits.” 
The writer of these remarks then describes the gallant young 
