90 LORD LILFORD 



was not likely that one who could pick up so 

 easily the accent, tone, and gesture of Irishman, 

 Scot, and Devonian, and had so keen a sense 

 of the comic side of things, should be unable 

 to represent a humorous character. He was, in 

 fact, a good amateur actor of the type that can 

 interpret comic scenes with a touch of pathos. 

 The power of so rendering the intense emotions 

 of tragedy as to make them your own, is a gift 

 accorded to few, and to my brother the tragic 

 element on the stage made no special appeal. 



In 1865 the once popular plays of ' Lord 

 Lovel ' and ' Poor Pillicoddy ' were acted at 

 Lilford, Lady Alwyne Compton, the Hon. 

 Mrs. Augustus Legge, the late Sir Percy 

 Anderson, and others taking part in them with 

 my brother. Mrs. Legge writes of this time : ' I 

 recall the enchanting days at Lilford when we 

 all played together, and dear Lilford's singing 



and acting were quite unsurpassed.' 



In 1881 my brother spent a considerable 



time at Dartmouth on board the ' Glowworm.' 



My nephew, Stephen Powys, has sent me the 



following recollections of that time : 



1 I remember my joy and excitement on 



