THE EIGHTH DUKE OF BEAUFORT 



swords with the loth Hussars of the French army, 

 the regiment won distinction for dash and pluck. 

 They then estabHshed a reputation which they have 

 added to since, winning laurels under the great com- 

 mander of the end of the nineteenth century, as 

 did their predecessors in the closing years of the 

 eighteenth century. Twice has Lord Roberts had 

 them under his command, and each time they have 

 added to their laurels. And, as they are now gay, 

 smart, and very keen, so they were when the 

 Marquis of Worcester, Lord Sandys, Sir George 

 Wombwell, and Lords Charles and Robert Manners 

 were subalterns in their ranks. Lord Worcester, 

 who was on the staff of the Duke of Wellington, 

 was taken a prisoner by Marshal Soult, and seems 

 to have been for some time in the enemy's hands. 



When the war was over, Lord Worcester mar- 

 ried and entered Parliament. His bride was 

 Georgiana, daughter of the Hon, Henry Fitzroy, 

 third son of the first Baron Southampton. In 

 1814 Lord and Lady Worcester went to Paris as 

 the guests of the former's old chief, the Duke of 

 Wellington. The dress worn by Lord Worcester 

 at a ball is described by a contemporary, and seems 

 to have been somewhat striking. It consisted of 

 the Beaufort Hunt evening coat of blue lined with 

 buff, with the Beaufort Hunt buttons, a white em- 

 broidered silk waistcoat, tight light-blue silk-web 

 pantaloons, white silk stockings, shoes brodes a jour, 

 and a cocked hat. The narrator ends his descrip- 



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