DIARY OF THIRD BARON LILFORD 9 



responded, so that a wave of melody rippled 

 from top to bottom of the flight. 



In 1825 the second Lord Lilford died, and 

 the songsters were dispersed. Of the sons, the 

 third, Horace, became the beloved Rector of 

 Warrington, and in 1854 Bishop of Sodor and 

 Man ; Henry, a major in the 60th Rifles, was 

 the founder of the admirable institution known 

 as the Soldiers' Daughters' Home ; while the 

 youngest, Charles, with the 9th Lancers saw 

 honourable service in India. Of the daughters, 

 two found their homes north of the Tweed, 

 and the others were settled in quiet country 

 parsonages. 



My father, Thomas Atherton, was born in 

 1801, and succeeded his father in 1825. 



In 1826-27, I see in my father's diary that 

 he went with one of the Listers for a portion of 

 the ' grand tour,' without which the education 

 of a young gentleman of position in those 

 days was supposed to be incomplete. With 

 the exception of a carriage accident near 

 Vilvoorde, which nearly precipitated the young 

 men into a canal, the tour seems to have been 

 an uneventful one. The diary contains a 



