62 REMINISCENCES OF 



cousins. My grandmother was Hon. Eleanora 

 Elphinstone, sister of Lord Keith the Admiral. 



'' Lady Keith " (in her own right) married Count 

 de Flahault. " Emily," her daughter, afterwards 

 Lady Lansdowne. 



"The Hume Drummonds." — Late Duchess of 

 Athol was one of them. 



" Jane Dalyell." — Sister of Sir Ralph Anstruther 

 of Balcaskie. 



" Augustus Hamilton," Captain, (?) Highlanders, 



" Gibson Craig," father of the present Sir James. 



" Montgomeries." — James Montgomery married 

 my eldest sister, Eleanor. 



" Elibank," married Montgomery's sister. 



'• Lord Milton," late Lord Fitz-William, died 

 1902. 



" Duchess Maggie." — Duchess of Somerset, 

 Margaret Shawe Stewart. 



"Apples." — Miss Applebee, my sister's gover- 

 ness.] 



Lord Rosslyn lived at Gedling, a house of Lord 

 Chesterfield's, and was in command of the regiment. 



In the autumn of 1838 I was sent from Notting- 

 ham to Derby, where we had one troop in billets. 

 Percy Williams was Captain, and Spottiswoode and I 

 subalterns. Percy Williams spent most of his time 

 at Melton whenever he could get away. We lived 

 in a little house in the Osmaston Road, and our chief 

 allies were Peter Colvile and Jack Story of Locking- 

 ton. He then lived at Spoondon, and was after- 



