LORD LILFOKD 



' I well remember our first meeting. It was 

 at dinner in Upper Brook Street, in 1882. 



'There was something very attractive in 

 the strong handsome face and gentle voice, and 

 in the self-forgetfulness of one who, though 

 obviously ill and in pain, was interested in 

 everyone around him and in every subject but 

 himself. 



' There was an especial charm, too, in talking 

 to one who seemed to be on friendly terms with 

 strange birds and beasts who was as familiar 

 with a Lammergeyer or an Imperial Eagle as 

 with a Sparrowhawk ; who " knew them at 

 home," as boys at Winchester used sometimes 

 to say of familiar friends quite a different 

 thing from knowing their stuffed skins in a 

 cabinet, and productive of a different type of 

 naturalist. 



'In after years, when I had the privilege 

 of knowing Lord Lilford much better, it was 

 easier to understand the attractiveness of his 

 character in the extraordinary calm, the un- 

 selfish gentleness under conditions which most 

 of us would have found intolerable. For 

 although under Lady Lilford' s constant care 



